I just don't play a character for the heck of it. Rather, I always look for a human element in every character that I play.

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• Pankaj Tripathi:

  Before trying my hand at acting, I use to cultivate my own land with my father.

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  After passing out of the National School of Drama, I spent many years doing small-time roles in Bol

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  I have nothing against smaller roles; they made me what I am today. But, progression is the way of

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  I want to stay rooted forever.

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  Anurag Kashyap is someone whose projects I can take without even hearing the story.

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  It has happened many a times where I have taken a project and wasn't happy about it.

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  I don't want to be in a situation again where I am sitting on a set, wondering why I am there and w

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  My father wanted me to become a doctor.

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  The place where I hail from - a village in Gopalganj in North Bihar - people only know two professi

• Pankaj Tripathi:

  I choose films based on scripts.