Kunal Khemu Quotes

For me, it's about the impact that the role has in the film overall. Less or more screen time, whether I get to romance the hero, is not the yardstick I go by. If my part is strong enough, then why not?

It's down to the actors to show the writers the potential of the character.

Usually, in many films, only the hero's character is of importance, and the others may not be as significant. But in 'Kaala,' there are at least six characters that will have a huge impact and will stay with you even after the movie.

I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.

The truth is, everything ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader and the writer and the characters. Does or does not a character address moral being in a universal and important way? If it does, then it's literature.

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

I think the ultimate thing in some ways for any writer is to work on a character who's going to have a life for a long time.

I don't play long parts. They must be short parts, but they've got to be parts that mean something, that matter, where people will notice when I'm on the screen, and people will remember the character after they've seen the film.

I was blown away watching Michael Keaton act because he was such a maniacal, evil person on set. He takes on a totally different life, and it was so amazing to watch him work.

I want to do roles that are important for the story and not there for ornamental value or to just aid another character in the film which is often a 'friend's role' in mainstream films.

I think every character is important in every film - be it small, primary, or lead - because they are adding something to the story, taking it forward.

I believe how a character eventually turns out is completely attributable to an actor. Even with a meaty role, if I am enacting it as an accessory, I will look like an accessory.

If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.

I love actors, and I love projects that give them space and room, and I aim for these projects where the characters are that important.

Our job as actors is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing.

Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while.

As an actor, my job is not to always play characters who make everybody happy. That's not interesting.

Nobody wants to play a one-dimensional character.

It is not a lead part, but you could definitely say that 'Devdas' wouldn't move forward if it wasn't for me.

Actors that don't look like they're acting and stories that are told well inspire me.

I really want to work on characters that have a lot of complexity and you don't always get that in comic book movies because they're not character explorations. I have nothing against movies like that, but I do see them as kind of like a cheeseburger.

Every character is challenging because, at the end of the day, you have to make something out of it.

It's very important that all the supporting characters feel like they've existed in the world, that they've had a history, and they'll go on to have a history within the scope of the story rather than just popping up and then disappearing.

The characters don't all have to be likable, and they don't all have to be hateable. As long as it's interesting and you connect to them and they resonate with you and you want to find out what happens and it feels authentic, then we have something.

I prefer doing strong roles irrespective of duration, and it is almost impossible for me to take up a role that has nothing much to contribute to the script.