Irrfan Khan Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

Language does not make one an elite!

A nation needs to know how to utilize talent.

I’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.

People like to see my work, not face.

The day I become conventional, something inside me will die.

It’s always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.

Izzat aur Zillat aap ke haath mein nahi hai!

Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you’re lacking inside, you’ve fulfilled that.

The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.

Language does not make one an elite.

Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you're lacking inside, you've fulfilled that.

Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.

I want to entertain people, but with some substance.

A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.

In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.

When you come out of the theatre and you don't even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.

It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.

I don't want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me.

Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.

I cannot live anywhere else except India.

I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.

I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.

You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.

I'm trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.

I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.

I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.

Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.

I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.

It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.

A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.

I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.

What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.

I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.

Parsi theater was known for melodrama.

We don't have a culture of realistic acting in India.

When you are young you are fascinated by so many things. Some things drop, some stay. I can be without anything but I cannot be without nature.

I’ve never looked to create an image where people fall in love with my face or style. It does cross my mind. But I’ve been trying to create a space for myself where I don’t depend on that.

Wanting fame is a disease and one day I will want to be free from this disease, from this desire. Where fame doesn’t matter. Where just experiencing life and being okay with it is enough.

Sometimes when you're playing a very intense character, a disturbed character, you find other layers. That's much more interesting to me, rather than just playing 'intense.' I find it too boring.

For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That's a feeling I always have when I'm auditioning.

I've realized that my... let me call it 'destiny' or some force that has pushed me to identify looking for your comfort zone as a kind of limitation. And everybody has a tendency to fall into the comfort zone. I did that in the early stage of my career.