Theater people say you are either a comedian or a tragedian, and I'm a tragedian. And the vexing, dark characters, the ones where I don't understand their pain or their anguish, they are the characters that appeal to me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals.
I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'
I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy.
I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.
I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.
What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters.
Look, I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters.
The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.