Quotes from Jim Sarbh

In theatre, I get comedy or nice lead roles. I don't understand a grey or negative role.

I'm just glad to be part of groovy films.

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.

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.

Acting is acting, regardless of the medium.

If I was lying on the side of the mountain, dying, would I have any regrets? Yeah. I would regret not making films.

I've been doing theatre for years, but film acting has broadened my horizon.

Ideally, for me, the power of appreciation lies in getting better roles and being given more responsibility as an actor.

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.

I do have carbon footprints because of travel, but apart from that, I am simple guy.

I don't really know or care about trends.

If the role is complicating and challenging enough for me to push me out of my comfort zone, then I get very excited.

Memorizing the song and singing it are two different things.

Your whole life doesn't have to be one long, smart monologue.

If I see that everything the director does is motivated by trying to achieve the best, I can accept anything.

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 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.

I'm really a nice guy!

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.

I am not interested in one-sided characters.

An interesting life could always use a little seduction, confidence, ambition, and danger.

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 am an eco-friendly person and a vegetarian.

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.