People ask me why it is that when I portray the 'angry young man' on screen, I really look angry. They reason that it is due to some suppression in my childhood. But, it's just that I can't help it; it's in my genes.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that an individual's emotional expressions are innate rather than solely the result of past experiences.
Amitabh Bachchan reflects on the perception of his ability to portray anger convincingly on screen, attributing it not to childhood trauma but to his inherent nature. This highlights a broader philosophical discussion about the authenticity of emotional expression and how much of our personality is shaped by genetics as opposed to our environment.
In practice
During a film workshop, discussing the impact of personal experiences on acting.
I like to feel the butterflies in the stomach, I like to go home and have a restless night and wonder how I'm going to be able to accomplish this feat, get jittery. That hunger and those butterflies in the stomach are very essential for all creative people.
Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability.
I think every actor would wish there is some challenge that is left. I would consider to be creatively dead if I were to say that I am satisfied now.
Please explain to me what being an icon is. How do you define it? I haven't been given a script. I don't know what the dialogues of an icon are.
Yes, every venture is always filled with apprehensions. But if we were to conduct ourselves continuously on that aspect, then we would lose the most important reason to be in this profession: to challenge the art of and be part of what is commonly known as our creative instincts.
We all have appointments with the past.
I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
If we do not allow free thinking in chemistry or biology, why should we allow it in morals or politics?
Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness", "joy", or "regret". Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that is oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions.
Ours is a multi-religious country, a multi-lingual country; we have many different modes of worship. We believe in peaceful and harmonious co-existence.
One curiosity of being a foreigner everywhere is that one finds oneself discerning Edens where the locals see only Purgatory.
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