'Flip' is an anthology of four short films, and I am in the one called 'Massage,' along with Sandeepa Dhar and Viraj Patel.
— Jim Sarbh
I trekked in the Himalayas, walked up to the Gangotri, and lived in an ashram.
If the role is complicating and challenging enough for me to push me out of my comfort zone, then I get very excited.
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.
If I see that everything the director does is motivated by trying to achieve the best, I can accept anything.
It is important for an actor to play different roles.
In theatre, I get comedy or nice lead roles. I don't understand a grey or negative role.
'Neerja' is such a solid film. Everything about the film has substance, be it sound, writing, story, background scores, or direction.
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.
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!
For me, India symbolises a big fire and a big river.
Sometimes, even when you aren't shooting, 25 percent of your brain is still with your character.
An interesting life could always use a little seduction, confidence, ambition, and danger.
'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!
I am an eco-friendly person and a vegetarian.
I'm really a nice guy!
I've been doing plays ever since school. There's never really been a stop to it.
Discovery Channel's 'Planet Healers' will provide a look into how businesses can exist for more than just making profits, how they can help create a better and sustainable future.
I don't believe in the separation between mankind and nature. Mankind is nature.
What I play on screen doesn't bother me.
I try to conserve water and avoid plastic as much as I can.
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.
Be it films or shows or plays, it's the content that matters the most.
I have done one or two plays in New York briefly.
I've been doing theatre for years, but film acting has broadened my horizon.
When you are not successful, nobody listens to you.
There is serious Islamophobia in the world.
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.
Ranveer is a great co-actor. He is extremely reactive and extremely responsive. He is a pleasure to work with.
You have to do all kinds of things like voice-overs, corporate gigs, and edit videos to support yourself.
I am quite an animal and nature lover.
Memorizing the song and singing it are two different things.
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.
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.
The Rotterdam Film Festival really makes you feel like part of a film family.
I like going with the flow.
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.
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.
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.
I don't really understand this negative or positive role thing. A role is a role.
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.
In 'Raabta' I've two personalities to project, and yes, there are distinct shades of grey.
I acted all through school and college.
It's nice to get compliments from both girls and guys.
I'm just glad to be part of groovy films.
I just do what I get cast in.
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 do have carbon footprints because of travel, but apart from that, I am simple guy.
I really enjoyed working with Ranveer Singh.
I appreciate being known as 'best character' rather than as the 'best bad guy.'
