Quotes from Fahadh Faasil

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

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

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

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

I feel that entertainment happens when fact and fiction is balanced.

All I believe in is, you need to be yourself.

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.

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 am not affected or carried away by success or failure.

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.

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.

It is easier to produce a film on your own than convincing another person to come on board.

In Malayalam, I can improvise, and acting is easy because I think in Malayalam, but for 'Velaikkaran,' I had to prepare for a role, which is a first for me.

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.

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.

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

Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.

I have been fortunate to collaborate with people who have been open to discussion. If I tell them something, they have always explained to me why they want it the other way.

I think everything is temporary.

I don't expect to win awards while working in films.

Every character, when it comes to a cinematic representation, gets complicated and layered. You are given a lot of dimensions than a single dimension to an individual. That's the main difference between seeing something out of the window and seeing something on screen.

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

The closest encounter I had with films in my childhood was sitting on the lap of my father at a shooting set, and he would say 'rain,' and it started raining, and then he would say 'song,' and people started dancing. I thought I was sitting on God's lap.

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