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There was a time when I only wanted to show off, but as I’ve grown older, I’ve realised that acting isn’t an end in itself. You act to communicate something, and if you have to use an accent or become thin or fat, that’s part of your job.

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There’s so much hocus-pocus about acting styles; there’s too much mysticism attached to it. But it’s a craft like any other – it’s something you have to work hard at.

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The ballooning budgets of Bollywood are getting out of hand, and it’s important for people to realise that you don’t need Rs 20 crore to make a good, commercially viable film.

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When I first dreamt of becoming a movie star, I wanted to be a Gary Cooper: I wanted to be rich and famous, living in palaces and wearing dark glasses and white suits.

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Acting is learnt, not taught.

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Actors have to learn that they are as important to a movie as the camera is, as important as the sound is, and less important than the script is.

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I think our cinema has stayed in its adolescent stage largely because of our obsession with and our dependence upon stars to make our movies. The stars, being only too human, realise that this is the case, and so they milk it for whatever it’s worth, and who can blame them?

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My dream is to produce a generation of actors who realise what the function of an actor in a movie is supposed to be.

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It was the ’70s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That’s when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all his success, I think Mr. Khanna was a very limited actor. In fact, he was a poor actor.

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Being good or evil has nothing to do with religion.

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Nobody can send me to Pakistan. India is my country, and I love my country. Five generations of my family have lived and died on this land, and even my children will live in this country because this is my homeland.

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Naseeruddin Shah

If I criticize my country, it is indeed very painful for me. It doesn’t make me happy. But, if I see something wrong, it becomes my duty to speak up.

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