A Quote by Johnny Lever
I won't do roles that are dirty, full of double meaning dialogues and vulgar gestures. Though such roles had made me a star, my conscience was against doing such scenes.
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I had no ambitions to become an actor, whatsoever. I was just waiting for my films to get made and some friends of mine, out of the kindness of their hearts, because I was sitting around doing nothing, started casting me in small roles and the roles got bigger.
I always fought against vulgarity, double meaning dialogues and wearing la'dies' clothes.
I could play Arab roles, even German roles, Italian roles because I had that look.
You see everyone today is doing bold roles and no film is made without endless kissing scenes, that too with A-list stars.
I don't endorse sex comedies. Even in TV shows, there are many double meaning dialogues and I am not really comfortable doing that.
Doing comic roles is a great relief considering the power-packed roles that are usually offered to me.
George Hearn taught me that you learn that there are roles that are Tony roles and roles that are not.
I think I found roles which weren't the roles I thought I'd be doing but they were the kind that brought me where I never imagined myself to be.
I want to do different kinds of roles and work on good scripts because doing the same kind of roles is boring - both for me and the audience.
In other ways, you constantly have to change people's opinion of you as one thing, especially if you want to play different roles. You have to shatter that image sometimes. I've had to do it before with stage roles, to get roles. I'm drawn to kind of darker, misfit things. I would like to, especially in film, play against type and do some heavier stuff. I'm intrigued by projects that deal with problematic people and things.
Audiences like me doing action and comedy. I am a jovial person and have been so from childhood. I like to laugh my way through my work, and that attitude reflects in my roles. Even women hate me doing rona-dhona roles. So I don't do emotional films.
I agree I'd like to do more work. But the right kind of roles has to be offered to me. I'm not saying the roles need to be realistic all the time, though that's what I like connecting with on screen.
There is a fine line between being glamorous and vulgar. I am open to glam roles as long as they don't look vulgar on screen.
I don't pick my roles based on what clothes I have to wear. I pick roles because of the character I have to portray, and the public have enjoyed seeing me in those roles.
Surprisingly, no one has ever given me double-meaning dialogues or asked me to wear clothes I am not comfortable in. Everyone has been extremely sweet with me.
You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust.
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