Never thought I will be a successful actor, star: Nawazuddin

Nawazuddin Siddiqui says while he studied theatre, the thought of becoming a "successful actor" or "star" never crossed his mind. What he wanted to do was explore as many characters as possible. Now he hopes to internalize characters as much as he can.

"We used to read books when we were in NSD (National School of Drama) and our teacher also told us that we have many characters inside every human. What is important is how we discover them and bring them out in our acting, he said.  "This thought never came in my mind that I will do films one day while I was in theatre. 

The only thought that came in my mind while doing theatre was that I have to explore as much as I can and bring it all out." Is his character of Ganesh Gaitonde from 'Sacred Games' also within him? "Of course, it is somewhere hidden inside us. I was given the character of Gaitonde, but I am the one who is playing it. So I have to see where is Gaitonde inside me and I have to bring him out in my acting."

The way forward for Nawazuddin is to try to internalize the characters as far as possible. "I am adamant to remove pollution from acting and purely internalize character as much as I can," he added. When was the last time he was star struck?