Randeep Hooda on not socialising with fellow actors: 'That’s my process to live my life'

Actor Randeep Hooda who is gearing up for the release of his Netflix series 'CAT' has opened up about his choice of different looks for his films and how he remained so grounded inspite of appreciation.

In an exclusive interview with Indian Express talking about his different looks for every subject, he said, 'I give myself time. I’m always very nervous and I always think that I will not be able to do it, this time people will catch me that I don’t have any acting chops. I think that just keeps me in good stead and doesn’t allow me to phone in my performance like many actors do. It is a natural thing as you are doing this day in and day out. I take a lot of breaks and do a lot of other things besides acting and being around movie people, which enriches me as a person.'

On being questioned about being grounded after getting all the appreciation, he said, 'I don’t think I have won any awards in my life and I don’t give a damn about them really. They are opinions. But, you aim to be honest with yourself and stay real. You’re trying to be yourself most of the time; if you start faking it in real life you start faking it on screen. That’s why I do not go to a lot of these events where you have to pretend to be this happy glamorous person, while you have a sh*tty life on the side. So, staying true to yourself and my work, and knowing that your job is not to please people keeps me grounded. I don’t think people pleasers make good actors.'

The actor was quizzed about not being socialised with colleagues much, to which he said, 'That depends, every actor, every artiste, every writer, director has a different approach and opinion towards how they approach their work. And, real people and all that can also differ. That’s my process to live my life, I don’t know about doing it on screen. But I guess I do spend a lot of time with real people and not so much with film people because at some stage we all get alienated and enter our cocoon. If you’re successful then you start living in an ivory tower. You will not be able to connect to people anymore, because you’re living in an isolated vacuum, so as to speak. So, obviously you have to be in touch with reality and the best way to do so is to have a conversation with your mother, she’ll put you right.'

'CAT' is all set to stream on Netflix from December 9. Randeep plays the role of an undercover spy in it.

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