Mahira Khan Quotes

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.

I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.

Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.

You have to start from a place of trying to create a character.

I think I try to look at all my films and break them down because, at the end of the day, it's about creating characters that you like.

Vijay Sethupathi looks a film as a film. He never looks at what kind image he is going to get out of the character.

Be it TV, films, or stage, I love substantial roles. The length of the character doesn't matter, but if the character is well thought, then I have to grab it.

As an actor, I always feel that each and every character in my films has to be distinct. The character Thilak that I play in 'Kavan' will be one such unique role in my career.

I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.

There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's interpretation of the role that has been conceived by the writer.

The work evolves when you get another part, and then you're getting called on to solve difficult characters, to inject a note of humanity into them. It's more interesting for me to do that than to stand around and be sunny.

There's no particular role that comes to mind that I'd like to take on, but for me, it's about playing interesting characters and not just two-dimensional ones.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

It's very, very important to me, no matter who the person is, to play that person with the utmost degree of truth that I'm able to bring. But playing a character like Jack Sparrow or Willy Wonka, that requires nothing but a degree of responsibility to the intent of the story - responsibility to the film-maker to deliver the goods.

I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.

You have to find out how to become the character.

A while ago, I did a television adaptation of 'Bleak House,' and the character I played, as far as I was concerned, had no redeeming features whatsoever. I wasn't about to try to find any; I didn't need to.

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.

I always try to make each character my own.

The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.