“Although it feels great to walk around looking like you’re very sure of yourself, I don’t think I should be so sure of myself,” says Shahid Kapoor, now 23 years into the industry. From navigating rough patches to departing from solo script calls, Kapoor gets candid with The Hollywood Reporter India about what it really means to trust your gut as an artist.
While it may seem obvious to most that all actors select their own scripts, Kapoor introduces a perspective that is rarely spoken about, or realized. “The one thing I do tell my team now is that maybe I should not be deciding on my scripts. If you have a vivid imagination, you can imagine something a certain way, but maybe it’s not going to turn out like that.”
He connects this to how his idea of an ideal relationship between an actor and director has changed. “I’m sitting in front of a filmmaker or a writer, and they are telling me their thing, and if I am connecting with it, I should do it, right? But I have changed that,” he shares.
