Tahir Raj Bhasin Quotes

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize.

And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.

Fortunately, our audiences are used to a kind of boredom in the theatre, and if the writer is skillful, he will flatter them into thinking: 'Why, that's us up there, and aren't we - for all our little foibles - pretty nice guys and gals?'

Part of the success of the show is that the audience sees themselves in the characters, becomes the characters. The more they inhabit the characters, the more they see.

When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.

Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world.

In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.

But in film you always watch situations or stories that you really have no relation to. A lot of times just because there's no personal connection doesn't mean you can't connect with the film or the characters in the film.

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking.

I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.

For me, a good show is not a perfect show; it's just one where you connected. It's a show where the fans got to know you, and they realize that you're human, but they also think you're a star and that you're talented and all that good stuff.

Audiences need to engage with characters.

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

Somewhere, the audience relates to my characters and their vulnerability. I believe they see themselves in me.

The connect that I have with the audience comes from my hard work and sincerity towards my craft and also because of the opportunities that I have had. I have been able to engage with my audiences. They observe my performances minutely. They think I will do some magic on screen. They like me because I don't do over-the-top acting.

If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately what it's about for me.

If an actor can emotionally bond with the viewer, then it does not matter if he is handsome or ordinary looking.

In a film, if you can capture what's going on underneath, you can begin to make a connection between the character and the people watching it.

You don't make movies about "men" and "women." You make movies about this guy and this woman and if you get them right, you'll automatically connect with a lot of people.

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work.