Top 45 Fahadh Faasil Quotes

I try to choose characters that don’t remind the audience of my previous roles. I make a conscious effort for that.

Offscreen, I’m a private person. I’m shy and don’t know how to face the public.

The less people know about you, the more you understand how beautiful life is. It’s good when you exist only on screen. I don’t want them to take me home. I love to have my privacy.

I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.

Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.

I know it’s a big gamble, but I want to do good films.

Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and then he will try to break that and rebuild it. That, to me, is filmmaking. Every scene is constructed after a lot of discussions.

There are two kinds of films: the ones that are devoid of logic but can still hijack the audience, and those that can win them over with logic. Both kinds can succeed, and I like to work in both.

It feels good to hear good things about yourself.

I give my best to each role that I do.

My films may not have a great opening, but I am not bothered about it. Whatever the numbers be, I want those viewers who come for my films to be excited about watching the movie.

People often ask whether marriage has changed me. I didn’t marry because I had to change.

I listened to the script of ‘Carbon’ at the end of 2014. I liked it the moment I heard it. I wanted to do it.

I think everything is temporary.

I have always maintained that the audience should take a call on this. Its up to them to decide whether they want to see a pirated version or not. They should understand the effort and amount of hard work that go into a film.

When I listen to a basic thought, I try to visualise the cinema in it. Sometimes it is dark, sometimes boyish, sometimes amateurish. It is a trial and error method. But the bottom line is that I want to entertain the audience.

My father hasn’t backed me in any way, and I don’t think anybody has backed me.

You can probably ask any actor: every time you start a new film, it’s literally like your first movie. Everyone, regardless of the filmmaker being a debutant or a veteran, takes their time to settle down when you begin the shoot together. It’s like all of us have moved into a new house, and we are setting up the place.

It’s the failure of my debut film which made me an actor, which made me want to succeed in the industry. But that doesn’t mean I regret whatever choices I’ve made over the years. No, not even ‘Kaiyethum Doorathu!’

The characters I portray are an extension of what I’ve seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how I understand life.

I’m not a person who goes out of my way to change my look. I like my characters to look as natural as possible.

I’ve done only things I’ve liked, and I’m happy that others have liked them, too. I hope it keeps going that way. But l would never want to do films which please just one set of audience; they should connect with everyone.

When I began acting, my biggest fear was whether the audience will appreciate the kind of films I do.

When you are talking about human emotions, stardom doesn’t matter.

I do only what I like. If we do something we don’t like, we will become someone else.

I never wanted to be an actor but ended up being one.

The five directors in ‘5 Sundarikal’ experimented, and it was a very personal exercise. Amal, Anwar, Aashiq, and Sameer have done things that they have never done before. Debutant Shyju has also made a beautiful film.

Roles don’t fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.

I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

I like movies made by Spike Lee – doing those films out of the U.S., that is really daring.

I don’t know how to be professional. But I always enjoy what I do.

Whenever I have really enjoyed being part of a film, it has worked well for me.

I am a bad boy. I don’t come across clearly to a lot of people, so I am bad for them.

I like to laugh and to make people laugh.

What I look for in a project is whether the storyline excites me.

I would like to do movies of all genres.

I enjoyed working on ‘Maheshinte Prathikaram.’

I think it would be a dream for any actor to play someone like Changampuzha.

Failure affects me hard.

For me, ‘Diamond Necklace’ is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour.

I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.

I’m an actor who evolves once the shoot starts.

Let me make something clear: I can’t do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

When I choose the scripts, all I look forward to is an impressive narration.

I will continue to do films that excite me.