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If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.

~Adhir Kalyan

Topics: Actor Africa Around Being Careers Characters Felt Indian Left Looked Myself Pigeonholed Playing Risk Saw Something South South Africa Stereotypical Still Wanted Were Who Years

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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

~Adhir Kalyan

Topics: Accent Acting Africa Because Color Community Democracy Different English Era Feeling First First Generation Found Generation Growing Growing Up Indian Living Myself New Often Only Otherwise Person School South South Africa Teacher Teens Training Up Very Within

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By the time I auditioned for 'Aliens in America,' the July 7 bombing had happened in London. So I'd had those experiences where I would get onto the Tube, and people would get off. So there was a lot about Raja that I understood.

~Adhir Kalyan

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I'm not auditioning to play convenience-store clerks. I don't see any benefit in that.

~Adhir Kalyan

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I create a playlist for each and every character that I play.

~Adhir Kalyan

Topics: Character Create Each Every Play

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All of the actors that have served to me as inspiration over the years have been those more associated with dramatic work who have, in turn, been able to embody their characters and lose themselves in those characters that they create.

~Adhir Kalyan

Topics: Able Actor Associated Been Characters Create Dramatic Embody Inspiration Lose Me More Over Served Themselves Those Turn Who Work Years

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The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With a bit of fortune, a few more of those opportunities will lie waiting for me in the future.

~Adhir Kalyan

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What I try to do with the accent of any character I play is not necessarily to do something that's generic - an Indian accent and that's how it sounds, for example. I think the accent needs to sound authentic on this person.

~Adhir Kalyan

Topics: Accent Any Authentic Character Example For Example Generic How Indian Necessarily Needs Person Play Something Sound Sounds Think Try I Think

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I usually just go on Google and spend my hours just Googling Jennifer Beals. I think it's possible that I have a slightly unordinary obsession with her. YouTube videos. Interviews with her. Pictures I put on my desktop and my phone.

~Adhir Kalyan

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Perhaps because my background is theatrical, I have a great affinity with the classics. Hamlet has always been a character of great interest to me and a character I would really love to play. Or a character in a Tennessee Williams play, maybe Tom in 'The Glass Menagerie.'

~Adhir Kalyan

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Actor

Born: August 4th, 1983

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