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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.

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  Adhir Kalyan
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Adhir Kalyan (born 4 August 1983) is a South African-born actor noted for his role as Timmy in the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement.[1]

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I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.

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 Tags: Home Father Service Man Caring Mom
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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  Adhir Kalyan   
 Tags: Love Character Great Me Play Glass
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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.

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 Tags: Think Phone Pictures Possible Her
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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.

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 Tags: Character Think Try Play Person
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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.

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 Tags: Future Opportunity Lie Waiting Me
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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  Adhir Kalyan   
 Tags: Work Me Lose Create More Turn
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I create a playlist for each and every character that I play.

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

    Adhir Kalyan  Adhir Kalyan   
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