Fahadh Faasil Quotes

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.

I am a really writer-oriented actor.

With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head.

In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad impersonation to start with.

I like to have something to base a role on.

In choosing any role, I ask the same questions: what kind of part is it? is the role challenging? does the director have a vision? is the story moving? etc.

I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the story and the script, with the director.

You know, I've never been much of a method actor. I feel like, with every project I go in extremely prepared and I like to have a good time.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.

When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources to draw upon when acting.

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

I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't.

With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.

Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story.

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others.

Any good production team is going to allow an actor to breathe life into the characters - that's why they hired that woman, that man, whatever the case.

I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.

The thrill of acting is the discovery part, so it all changes, but it has to change in a way that fits what is written. You can't just wander off and get interested in your own tangent.

Your job as an actor is to piece together whatever you've learned in your training, or whatever you have experienced in your life, to piece together a person.

As actors, we often look for the scene, big moments that say, 'This is why you have to do this role.'

In acting, one should look at the film in totality. Improvisations should only be made keeping in mind the limits of a character. Always believe in team work.

There's pre-production, and the second part is when you start rehearsal. Pre-production was a very large learning curve for me.