Top 67 Quotes & Sayings by Jim Sarbh
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian actor Jim Sarbh.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
I'm really a nice guy!
I did plays because I liked plays. I studied psychology because I was fascinated by the subject, and I hope to keep doing films because I love the medium.
It is important for an actor to play different roles.
One must say no to some opportunities to open the possibilities of others.
Acting is acting, regardless of the medium.
I heard that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has an eye for detail, and it shows in his work, but seeing it firsthand is a powerful experience.
I've been doing plays ever since school. There's never really been a stop to it.
Strangely, or maybe not so strangely, a lot of the roles that I am offered are of Muslim characters, maybe because I looked a certain way in 'Neerja.' But I am actually Parsi.
It's nice to get compliments from both girls and guys.
For me, India symbolises a big fire and a big river.
I am quite an animal and nature lover.
I really enjoyed working with Ranveer Singh.
I just do what I get cast in.
In theatre, I get comedy or nice lead roles. I don't understand a grey or negative role.
There is serious Islamophobia in the world.
If I was lying on the side of the mountain, dying, would I have any regrets? Yeah. I would regret not making films.
Ranveer is a great co-actor. He is extremely reactive and extremely responsive. He is a pleasure to work with.
I am interested in seeing 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' by Vasan Bala, so I would like to work with him, and I also would like to work with Vikram Aditya Motwani, Abhishek Chaubey, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Kabir Khan.
If I see that everything the director does is motivated by trying to achieve the best, I can accept anything.
'Flip' is an anthology of four short films, and I am in the one called 'Massage,' along with Sandeepa Dhar and Viraj Patel.
I appreciate being known as 'best character' rather than as the 'best bad guy.'
I am not a major jet-setter; I am a simple man who likes to be on a good beach, have a little swim, and play beach football.
It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit, and I went to an ashram in Bihar and went to Himalayas backpacking.
I do have carbon footprints because of travel, but apart from that, I am simple guy.
When a film does well, everyone is usually happy and grateful, but for me, the impression the film leaves upon my mind is created during the process of filming; my memories are not a reflection of critics' reviews and box office figures.
I have a car, but I don't use it very much - only when I go for my shoots - so the carbon footprint is tiny.
It's harder to scream at someone you just chatted with at lunch. I mean, if you're a superb actor, you might be able to do that, but I couldn't do it.
I started to view theatre like a spiritual experience. You're on stage saying somebody else's lines, but you're saying them with full commitment of being that person.
I think that's the magic of any part - unravelling the mystery of what kind of person your guy is based on the words he says and the actions that he does.
In 'Jonaki,' it isn't about the individual actor. The actor is as important as the wall, or the water flowing down the wall, or a shadow. That kind of acting is also fascinating to me, not to be invisible necessarily, but to be in perfect synchronicity with the environment.
It feels good to be able to work with a director and actors I've admired.
I am a little bored of playing negative characters.
Sometimes, even when you aren't shooting, 25 percent of your brain is still with your character.
Any actor who says that they don't want the attention, and that they're tired of all the interviews and photoshoots, are just pretending.
I am really tired of playing characters who don't care about people.
In 'Padmaavat,' you are pushed to be as good as the frame, to have a presence that lives up to the grand, operatic, intricate, beautiful frame that you inhabit. I love trying to rise to that.
Memorizing the song and singing it are two different things.
'Absolute Water' converts sewage water into water which can be even consumed - if only one can get rid of the taboo of drinking sewage water, which they do in many parts of the world!
When you are not successful, nobody listens to you.
I was afraid that I'd be typecast as the token firang. That happened initially. Now, I am acting in 'Noises Off' and 'Menagerie,' where all of us are playing British and American characters. That makes me feel better.
I don't really understand this negative or positive role thing. A role is a role.
I try to conserve water and avoid plastic as much as I can.
Be it films or shows or plays, it's the content that matters the most.
I am not interested in one-sided characters.
My father was the captain of a cargo ship. When I was about two years old, we used to sail with him. The crew of his ship would dress me up in fancy dress and make me dance for them. I was a performing monkey!
I am an eco-friendly person and a vegetarian.
If you are being interviewed, just be polite, have fun.
I'm just glad to be part of groovy films.
In 'Raabta' I've two personalities to project, and yes, there are distinct shades of grey.
I would love to work with anybody who has a good story to tell - Patrick Graham, Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, Neeraj Ghaywan, Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson. I don't know why I was not considered for that Indian guy's part in 'The Grand Budapest Hotel.'
I've been doing theatre for years, but film acting has broadened my horizon.
You have to do all kinds of things like voice-overs, corporate gigs, and edit videos to support yourself.
As you know, before entering the glamorous world of Bollywood, I was into theatre, where I played varied roles, from a lover boy to a servant.
I don't really know or care about trends.
'Neerja' is such a solid film. Everything about the film has substance, be it sound, writing, story, background scores, or direction.
An interesting life could always use a little seduction, confidence, ambition, and danger.
Your whole life doesn't have to be one long, smart monologue.
I have done one or two plays in New York briefly.
Ideally, for me, the power of appreciation lies in getting better roles and being given more responsibility as an actor.
I acted all through school and college.
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