'To be a good actor, be a good human being'
Actor Akshay Kumar
Mumbai: “There are so many great actors who belong to NSD… I would also like to introduce myself as: ‘Akshay Kumar…I belong to NANSD — Non Actor School of National School of Drama,” jokes Akshay Kumar.
One of the few superstars who did not have any “backings” in the film industry or any formal training when he started out, Akshay says, “I began from a very low level. It all started after I picked up a book on acting. I did not have any money to take admission in any acting school. I saw a book on ‘how to learn acting’.
“On the very first page of the book it was inscribed: ‘If you have to become a good actor, be a good human being!’ I did not have the Rs 175 to pay for the book, so I just read the first page of the book and kept it back in its place, confident that the phrase was enough to learn acting… And I have been acting till this day.”
The actor, who is playing himself in the film Shaukeens, says that he plays an alcoholic in the movie. “I am surprised why Tigmanshu Dhulia made me an alcoholic, I don’t drink in real life. But I enjoyed playing an alcoholic.
“I know of so many actors who get drunk pretending to have juice and a nariyalpani… which even I am portraying in Shaukeens.”
All praises for actress Lisa Haydon, Akshay says, “Lisa surprised me with her talent in the film. I was shocked by the way she performed. In the last scene she looks so beautiful while crying. I am happy for her, she has performed brilliantly.”
About promoting his films, he says, “Ab mein yahan kyun khada hoon? This is my film though I am only making a special appearance… and I shall always be there to promote it.” “All good things have happened to me ever since I have been in the filmi arena… I would be lying if I said otherwise,” he concludes.
( Source : dc )
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