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Anupam Kher
Indian
Actor
Born:
Mar 7
,
1955
Actor
Failure
Life
People
Think
You
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In every role that I do - whether I'm a teacher, actor or mentor - I do it with total dedication and as much honesty as I feel is required because there's no alternative to honesty and hard work.
Anupam Kher
Work
Teacher
Hard Work
Honesty
Dedication
Every
Total
Mentor
Feel
Alternative
Because
Role
Whether
Much
Required
Hard
Actor
I would like congratulate everyone who was a part of 'Life of Pi.'
Anupam Kher
Life
Everyone
Would
Part
Like
Congratulate
Who
I had spent many days hungry; had slept on railway stations at times because I did not have money to pay for a hotel room... there were moments when I felt I had compromised my dignity as a human being and as an actor.
Anupam Kher
Dignity
Human Being
Money
Pay
Slept
Spent
Stations
Hungry
Compromised
Had
Hotel
Hotel Room
Days
Because
Felt
Were
Times
Did
Human
Being
Room
Many
Moments
Actor
Railway
I cannot take away the fact I am a small-town boy from India, from a lower-middle class family, and was actually standing in front of De Niro - not on an equal level, but as an actor, on the same pedestal.
Anupam Kher
Family
Class
Pedestal
Niro
India
Class Family
Fact
Take
De Niro
Equal
Boy
Am
Same
Front
Cannot
Standing
Actor
Away
Actually
Level
Our school not only makes you an actor, it makes you understand who you actually are as well... it gives you discipline and punctuality. It also teaches you a way of life.
Anupam Kher
Life
You
School
Discipline
Our
Punctuality
Way
Only
Gives
Also
Well
Makes
Understand
Teaches
Who
Actor
Actually
I was born in a poor family, a lower middle class family. My father was a clerk in the forest department. I was very bad at studies. I was not very good at sports, also.
Anupam Kher
Good
Family
Class
Sports
Father
Bad
Class Family
Born
Studies
Clerk
Also
Forest
Very
Department
Middle
Middle Class
Poor
Lower
I was 28 when I played the role of a 65 year old man in my first film.
Anupam Kher
Man
Old
First
Year
Year-Old
Role
Old Man
Film
Played
I wrote a book on life coaching, because my life became my own reference point how to live.
Anupam Kher
Life
Book
My Life
Own
Live
My Own
Point
Wrote
Became
Because
How
Reference
Coaching
Being a popular director or actor's son can be frightening in this industry. What if you are not able to make it?
Anupam Kher
You
Director
Son
Able
Make
Industry
Frightening
What If
Being
Popular
Actor
I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.
Anupam Kher
Overcome
Achieve
Out
Ability
Able
Could
Had
Failures
Sure
Because
Always
Confident
Set
I'm not a cribber, or someone who criticises. People who criticise are not doers. I'm a doer.
Anupam Kher
People
Criticise
Someone
Doer
Doers
Who
Actors in the film industry are usually wary of expressing their opinions on the issues of the day, politics especially.
Anupam Kher
Politics
Day
Industry
Opinions
Issues
Wary
Expressing
Film
Actor
Film Industry
I've always been the most vocal person socially about things that I feel are important.
Anupam Kher
Important
About
Vocal
Feel
Most
Always
Been
Person
Socially
Things
I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.
Anupam Kher
Different Kinds
Fathers
Way
Kinds
Only
Part
Same
Different
Villains
Actor
Play
Played
Mediocre
You may be in a medical or engineering college, but not all will stand first in class. It depends on who studies the most.
Anupam Kher
You
Class
Will
College
First
Engineering
Studies
Most
May
Depends
Stand
Who
Medical
I'm looking to do an honest job, and I don't have any Indian talk show as a reference point. I'm not looking down on them, but I want to do what Oprah did.
Anupam Kher
Job
Looking
Down
Indian
Point
Talk
Talk Show
Reference
Oprah
Did
Any
Want
Them
Show
Honest
As for my stand, I think it has become difficult in our country to be a Hindu and a liberal at the same time.
Anupam Kher
Time
Country
Become
Difficult
Think
Liberal
Our
Hindu
Same
Same Time
Stand
I am aware that as an actor, I can blame others for the failure of a film, the director, the script, choice of co-stars, timing of the release and so on. But now, as the director, I will have to shoulder all the blame.
Anupam Kher
Failure
Director
Blame
Will
Timing
Others
Release
Am
Script
Choice
Shoulder
Film
Now
Actor
Aware
I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.
Anupam Kher
Theatre
Before
Stage
Nothing
Live
Live Audience
More
Exciting
Feel
Performing
Audience
Real
Still
Testing
Than
Ground
Actor
Challenging
Belong
I approach every role with the same commitment because I'm being paid for it. To not do so would be unethical.
Anupam Kher
Commitment
Every
Approach
Would
Would-Be
Because
Role
Unethical
Same
Being
Paid
Every time I've crossed to a new level of film acting, the film has been a breakthrough project.
Anupam Kher
Time
Every
Every Time
Project
Has-Been
Crossed
New
New Level
Been
Breakthrough
Acting
Film
Film Acting
Level
My first Hindi film as a leading man was Mahesh Bhatt's 'Saaransh,' which immediately established me as someone who knows the craft.
Anupam Kher
Me
Man
First
Immediately
Someone
Leading
Leading Man
Knows
Hindi
Craft
Established
Which
Who
Film
'Silver Linings' has proved a golden opportunity for me.
Anupam Kher
Me
Opportunity
Silver
Proved
Golden
I know that some of the characters I played were trash. But then, I chose to take up those roles, as I enjoyed doing them.
Anupam Kher
Those
Characters
Some
Take
Know
Doing
Were
Up
Roles
Them
Then
Trash
Chose
Enjoyed
Played
There are many brilliant actors, including our own Dilip Kumar, but Robert de Niro is something else.
Anupam Kher
Brilliant
Own
Else
Our
Niro
Something
Something Else
Robert
Robert De Niro
De Niro
Many
Including
Actor
In day-to-day life, our brain sends lots of signals. In acting, there are no signals. You have to believe in what you are trying to portray.
Anupam Kher
Life
You
Believe
Our
Signals
Day-To-Day
Day-To-Day Life
Brain
Lots
Trying
Sends
Acting
Portray
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