Quotes by Javed Jaffrey - Page 1

Comedy is my soft spot.
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Spot
Soft Spot
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I haven't got many awards to boast of.
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Awards
Boast
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It's always good to live in future tense.
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Tense
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Humour or comedy should not offend anyone.
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Humour
Offend
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I spend my free time at home with my kids.
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Free Time
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It's been a hell of a roller-coaster ride for me.
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Hell
Ride
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I don't like to insult people and I encourage them.
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Insult
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I have my own production house, which is doing good.
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Doing Good
House
My Own
Good Doing Doing Good
Doing
Production
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I enjoy voicing even though I am not a voice-over artist.
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Voice Over
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I would say I was lucky that I got different kinds of roles.
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Different Kinds
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In a feature film, the question of censorship always comes up.
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Censorship
Feature
Feature Film
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My father was just 9 when he started as a child actor in 'Afsana.'
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Child Actor
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I made up my mind that I will do fiction in films and non-fiction in TV.
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Non Fiction
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I do not want to insult anyone with my act and am very careful about it.
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Insult
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While there are different genres of comedy, I am for family entertainment.
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Different Genres
Genres
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I always look for reinventing myself... doing something different and new.
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Reinventing
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I have always safely relied on my voice modulations. It has never let me down.
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Me Voice Always
Safely
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Being the son or daughter of a legendary film personality you get more respect.
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Legendary
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It is important for the creative juices to find an outlet, otherwise they stagnate.
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Juices
Outlet
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I know that you cannot banish the truth permanently, you can only cloud it temporarily.
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Banish
Cloud
Permanently
Temporarily
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I enjoy working with shows, which appeal to a wide spectrum - from children to the adults.
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Spectrum
Wide
Appeal
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I like to play all kind of roles. You can't do same stuff every time as it becomes boring.
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Same Stuff
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In this day and age, technology has overtaken our lives and we are disconnected from reality.
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Disconnected
Day And Age
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For me it is important to mould myself as the director wants. That's my challenge as an actor.
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Mould
Myself Me Important
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I have played various kinds of roles. There are various territories that I have explored as an actor.
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Explored
Territories
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You can do a lot of impromptu in dubbing. You can bring in different characters and different accents.
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Different Characters
Impromptu
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In India, there's so much strife, pain and trouble that song, dance and going to the movies is respite.
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Strife
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Being a producer is tough. They have to go through so much - dates, money, and release. It's quite crazy.
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Release
Dates
Producer
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When I joined the film industry I looked forward to different roles, unfortunately that did not materialise.
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Film Industry
Different Roles
Joined
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It is very important for me to do different things so that people see that my range is more than just comedy.
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Different Things
Range
Me Important People
Me People Important
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I so hate the term Bollywood. I know it's become synonymous with the industry but really we are 'Indian cinema.'
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Bollywood
Synonymous
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When fiction started on TV, the daily soap splurge happened and I knew that I would not get caught in a daily soap.
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Soap
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When we make a comedy film, its important to have a light atmosphere on the sets so that the mood reflects in the film.
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Atmosphere
Mood
Reflects
Sets
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I essay a negative or a positive character depending on whether it's a principle role and how much it drives the movie.
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Positive
Negative
Depending
Drives
Essay
How Much
Principle
Role
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I'm the only actor who has done everything, right from anchoring shows to composing and singing songs to theatre to movies.
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Composing
Singing
Theatre
Anchoring
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I sometimes tell a director that I want to work with him. I tell him twice. After that if he still doesn't give me a call, I move on.
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Work Me Sometimes
Move On
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The making of the documentary is an involving and collaborative process where you go deeper unlike in movies where you just borrow someone else's script.
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Deeper
Involving
Borrow
Documentary
Unlike
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Song, dance and cinema are so deeply within the Indian culture and with so many cultures incorporating their elements too, it has become a wonderful collage.
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Dance
Cinema
Elements
Indian
Indian Culture
Song
Wonderful
Within
Collage
Cultures
Deeply
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If we can ape other shows or even start Indian versions of international series by taking their franchise, why can't we take our shows to an international level?
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Versions
Ape
International Level
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I think Hyderabadis have the best sense of humour in the entire country and I still remember the famous plays of 'Adrak Ke Panje' by Babban Khan and 'Dhed Matwale.'
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Humour
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When I first saw the trailer of 'Only For Singles,' the only thought in my head was that we live in ever evolving times but the problems for singles remain the same.
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Singles
Evolving
Trailer
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There is a very thin line when a man plays woman. If you're not careful, you may end up looking like a eunuch. If you don't enact your role properly, you can look very bad.
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Enact
Properly
Thin
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Some good talent was just hanging around and waiting for someone to spot them and TV gave them the spotlight. Actors got this platform, which is so great, and could accommodate anyone.
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Accommodate
Spot
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In 'Mr Shrimati,' I had a long role as a woman. A cabaret number was also picturised on me. I really worked hard in that film and feel that to date, no man has matched my level when playing a woman.
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Cabaret
Film
Hard
Long
Matched
Man Me Woman
Man Me Long
Also
Mr
Date
Woman
Man Long Me
Number
Level
Role
Worked
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We had nothing in hand and my father used to live on the street. The profession of acting happened to him when B.R. Chopra picked him up for a film, and my father acted just to earn money for survival.
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Profession
Survival
Acted
Earn
Picked
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I don't know how one can differentiate between comedies. A burger is a burger and though it may taste differently in different food joints, the fact remains that it is still a burger. It's the same with comedies.
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Differentiate
Joints
Remains
Burger
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I am constantly visible in TV shows because anybody who is thinking of a role sees me performing on TV and may say, 'Why not him?' That way I am always in the limelight. It's better than running around for good roles. I can't lobby for roles.
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Limelight
Tv Shows
Visible
Why Not
Lobby
Sees
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I have produced my first film titled 'BMW.' It is a thriller, which has been made keeping in mind the international audience and Indian as well. It is an intelligent thriller and well-made, which will hopefully be appreciated in the international circuit.
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Appreciated
Bmw
Intelligent
Circuit
Produced
Thriller
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