Tahir Raj Bhasin Quotes

But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different.

I think in a lot of ways, writing, when you're really in there, is like being an actress because you're in somebody else's head.

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

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.

I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.

I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head.

Getting in and out of a character takes its own time for me.

Some parts stay with me for weeks afterward. It's these people that I play. They get under my skin, and I just can't let go of them. I have immersed myself into their lives and into their beings so much that they feel like a part of me.

I think it always helps when you build a character, and then, you actually step into that character's wardrobe, something else happens. Another angle of the character comes to life.

Sometimes, even when you aren't shooting, 25 percent of your brain is still with your character.

It's quite a layered character that I portray in 'Jalebi' and I needed to deviate and cut-off completely from the world to get into a different zone as a character. I'm really glad it proved beneficial and worked to my advantage.

I don't want to draw from my own experiences in life. I first like to become the character and then think from her point of view.

There are fragments of me in all my characters.

When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to stay in that character and see the world the way that character would It's almost like method acting in a way — keeping the character close the way the actor keeps a script close and always tries to be in character.

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

I make a playlist for every character I portray. Music plays a huge part in helping me understand a character. Every time I get a new role, I will take a chunk of time to just sit and listen to a bunch of songs and select the ones that make sense in my mind for that character. I can't even explain how much it helps me.

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

I like to disappear in the parts I play.

You become the movie you are making.

I put a lot of time and energy and thought behind what I do and the characters that I create, and I don't want to do anything peripheral that is going to make an audience see me up there on the screen rather than who I'm playing.

For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory.