लगभग 16 साल की उम्र तक मैं संगीत की दुनिया में ही कुछ करना चाहता था। लेकिन वह जैज़ और रॉक था, कभी शास्त्रीय संगीत (क्लासिकल म्यूज़िक) नहीं।
What I wanted to do was music, until I was about 16. But it was jazz and rock, never classical music.
What I wanted to do was music, until I was about 16. But it was jazz and rock, never classical music.
जिंदगी में ऐसे पल आते हैं जब आपको अहसास होता है कि आपके माता-पिता या आपके आदर्श भी इंसान ही हैं और उनसे भी गलतियाँ हो सकती हैं। यह विचार अपने आप में मेरे लिए एक अच्छे तरीके से खतरनाक है। ऐसे लोगों से मिलना रोमांचक भी है और डरावना भी।
There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible. That concept, in and of itself, is something that is dangerous to me, in a good way. It's exciting and scary to meet those people.
There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible. That concept, in and of itself, is something that is dangerous to me, in a good way. It's exciting and scary to meet those people.
मेरे लिए दुविधा यह है कि शायद खुद को लेकर हमारा नजरिया हमेशा किसी दूसरे के नजरिये से अलग ही रहेगा। वह फासला हमेशा बना रहेगा।
To me the ambiguity is, maybe our perception of ourselves is always going to be different than somebody else's perception. There will always be that disparity.
To me the ambiguity is, maybe our perception of ourselves is always going to be different than somebody else's perception. There will always be that disparity.
हम सबके मन में कभी न कभी पीछे समय में जाकर यह देखने का सपना होता है कि हमारे माता-पिता जब जवान थे तब वे कैसे थे। हो सकता है कि हम सबका ऐसा सपना न हो। मुझे नहीं पता। समय में पीछे जाकर अलग नजरिए से चीजों को देखना एक ऐसा अनुभव है जिसने मुझे गहराई से छुआ है। आमतौर पर हम ऐसा नहीं कर पाते, लेकिन जब कोई सही मानसिक स्थिति किसी अस्थिर महिला से मिलती है, तो ऐसा मौका सामने आ जाता है। हम कहाँ से आए हैं यह जानना, खुद को गहराई से समझने का एक बेहतरीन तरीका है।
We all have those dreams of going back in time and seeing what it was like when our parents were younger. Maybe we don't all have that dream. I don't know. Getting to role play or step back to a different moment in time and see things through a different lens is something that resonated with me, for sure. We don't get to do that, generally, but when the right neurological disorder lines up with the right unstable woman, that moment presents itself. Getting to know where we come from is a really profound way of getting to look at who we are.
We all have those dreams of going back in time and seeing what it was like when our parents were younger. Maybe we don't all have that dream. I don't know. Getting to role play or step back to a different moment in time and see things through a different lens is something that resonated with me, for sure. We don't get to do that, generally, but when the right neurological disorder lines up with the right unstable woman, that moment presents itself. Getting to know where we come from is a really profound way of getting to look at who we are.
खैर, मुझे लगता है कि दिल से हम सब कहीं न कहीं थोड़े बहुत नर्ड (किताबी कीड़े) ज़रूर होते हैं
Well, I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart.
Well, I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart.
यह देखना वाकई कमाल का है कि कैसे कोई घटिया, आवारा और सेक्स के पीछे पागल इंसान अचानक से एक रोमांटिक, सुलझा हुआ और पिता बनने की तैयारी कर रहा मर्द बन जाता है
It's amazing to watch somebody who is kind of this sleazy, degenerate lothario, sex-crazed guy become sort of a romantic, settled-down man about to have a baby.
It's amazing to watch somebody who is kind of this sleazy, degenerate lothario, sex-crazed guy become sort of a romantic, settled-down man about to have a baby.
आमतौर पर लोग अच्छे होते हैं, लेकिन यह बहुत अजीब है कि इस बात ने मुझे और अधिक सतर्क बना दिया है। किसी भी आम इंसान की तरह मुझे भी अपने आसपास देखना पसंद है, लेकिन अब जब मैं सड़क पर चलता हूँ तो नीचे देखकर चलने की आदत सी हो गई है
Generally people are nice, but it's so weird that it has made me more cautious. Just like anyone else, I like looking around at my environment, but now as I walk down the street I tend to look down.
Generally people are nice, but it's so weird that it has made me more cautious. Just like anyone else, I like looking around at my environment, but now as I walk down the street I tend to look down.
["फ्लॉरेस्टर फोस्टर जेनकिंस" फिल्म में बजाने के लिए] मुझे सारे टुकड़े आगे-पीछे से अच्छी तरह सीखने पड़े। हमने वीकेंड पर अभ्यास किया। यह बिल्कुल स्कूल जाने जैसा था, बस फर्क इतना था कि सामने मेरिल स्ट्रीप थीं। जैसे, मैं उनके अपार्टमेंट जाता और हम मोजार्ट के "क्वीन ऑफ द नाइट" का अभ्यास करते।
I had to learn all the pieces backward and forward [to play it in "Florence Foster Jenkins"]. We practiced on weekends. It was very much like being in school, except it was with Meryl Streep. Like, I would go to her apartment and we would practice Mozart's "Queen of the Night."
I had to learn all the pieces backward and forward [to play it in "Florence Foster Jenkins"]. We practiced on weekends. It was very much like being in school, except it was with Meryl Streep. Like, I would go to her apartment and we would practice Mozart's "Queen of the Night."
यह हमेशा अच्छा लगता है जब कोई कहता है कि वे परदे पर मुझे पहचान नहीं पाए, लेकिन मेरे द्वारा निभाए गए किसी दूसरे और बिल्कुल अलग किरदार के बारे में सोचते हुए किसी एक कहानी में उतरना अजीब होगा।
It's always nice when someone says that they don't realize it's me on screen, but it would be strange to enter a one story while thinking of another character I do, which is completely different.
It's always nice when someone says that they don't realize it's me on screen, but it would be strange to enter a one story while thinking of another character I do, which is completely different.
मैं टर्टलनेक स्वेटर नहीं पहनूँगा। मुझे इस बात की कोई ईर्ष्या नहीं है। पर कौन जाने? हो सकता है कि मैं चुपके से कुछ चीज़ें पहन लूँ और भगवान से प्रार्थना करूँ कि कोई यह न कहे, 'अरे, टीवी पर कोई बड़ा सा बेवकूफ नुकीला किरदार निभाते वक्त क्या तुमने यही नहीं पहना था?'
I wouldn't wear turtlenecks. That I'm not envious of. But who knows? I might sneak out a few things and hope and pray that no one says, 'Hey, didn't you wear that when you were playing an enormous geek on TV?'
I wouldn't wear turtlenecks. That I'm not envious of. But who knows? I might sneak out a few things and hope and pray that no one says, 'Hey, didn't you wear that when you were playing an enormous geek on TV?'
आज के समय में हर किसी के पास कुछ न कुछ है। बाज़ार ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा भरा पड़ा है, और यह छाँटना मुश्किल हो गया है कि क्या अच्छा है, आपको क्या देखना चाहिए और आपके पास देखने के लिए समय है या नहीं। उस समय ट्विटर पर इतनी भीड़ नहीं थी, और लोगों तक पहुँचना आसान था। तो, एक बढ़िया वीडियो होना, ट्विटर के ज़रिए ज़्यादा लोगों तक पहुँच होना और किकस्टार्टर का नया चलन—इन सबका मेल बैठ गया। हमने इसकी शुरुआत में ही इसका फायदा उठाया और किकस्टार्टर के कॉन्सेप्ट के दम पर लोगों की इसमें दिलचस्पी जगाई। उस वक्त समय बिल्कुल सही था।
Everybody has something now. It's become very over-saturated, and it's hard to weed out what's good, what you should watch and what you have time to watch. And Twitter was much less crowded, at the time, and it was an easier way to reach people. So, the combination of having a great video, a lot more access to people through Twitter, and having Kickstarter be this new thing in. We tapped into it, at its inception, and got people interested in it just based on the concept of what Kickstarter was. The timing was right.
Everybody has something now. It's become very over-saturated, and it's hard to weed out what's good, what you should watch and what you have time to watch. And Twitter was much less crowded, at the time, and it was an easier way to reach people. So, the combination of having a great video, a lot more access to people through Twitter, and having Kickstarter be this new thing in. We tapped into it, at its inception, and got people interested in it just based on the concept of what Kickstarter was. The timing was right.
यह असल में आत्मविश्वास की बात नहीं है। यह तो बस काम के दौरान होने वाली बातचीत का हिस्सा ही नहीं है। लेखक लिखते हैं और अभिनेता अभिनय करते हैं।
It's not really about confidence. It's just something that isn't really in the vocabulary of what goes on at work. The writers write and the actors act.
It's not really about confidence. It's just something that isn't really in the vocabulary of what goes on at work. The writers write and the actors act.
सच कहूँ तो, जब मैं छोटा था, मुझे लगता है कि मैं निकोलस पिंजड़े (निकोलस केज) से मिला था। शायद मैं आठ साल का रहा हूँगा, और मुझे याद है कि मैंने उन्हें किसी के यहाँ देखा था - वह कोई कार्यक्रम था और वे वहीं मौजूद थे। लोग मुझसे पूछते थे कि क्या मैं उनका बेटा हूँ, क्योंकि उस वक्त मैं उनकी तरह दिखता था, इसलिए मुझे थोड़ा अपनापन महसूस हुआ था और बस यह कहने का मन किया था कि, 'पापा!'
Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!'
Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!'
मैं हमेशा से सचमुच शिकागो के 'सेकंड सिटी' में आने का सपना देखता था, हालाँकि मैंने वहाँ कभी कोई शो भी नहीं देखा था। लेकिन मैंने एलए (लॉस एंजिल्स) के सेकंड सिटी में बहुत सारे स्केच कॉमेडी किए, जो (उस समय, एक अलग जगह पर) कोई असली थिएटर नहीं था, बल्कि बस एक ऐसी जगह थी जहाँ आप कुछ क्लास लेते थे।
I always honestly dreamed of coming to Second City in Chicago, although I've never even been there to see a show. But I did a ton of sketch comedy at the Second City in LA, which (at the time, in a different location) wasn't really a theater, it was just a space where you took some classes.
I always honestly dreamed of coming to Second City in Chicago, although I've never even been there to see a show. But I did a ton of sketch comedy at the Second City in LA, which (at the time, in a different location) wasn't really a theater, it was just a space where you took some classes.
मैंने सोचा, मुझे विश्वास ही नहीं हो रहा कि मुझे [फ्लॉरेन्स फ़ॉस्टर जेनकिंस में] मेरिल स्ट्रीप के साथ एक दृश्य करने का मौका मिल रहा है! और फिर मैंने सोचा, लेकिन मुझे चोपिन क्यों बजाना है? यह वैसे ही डराने वाला होने वाला है।
I was like, I can't believe I get to be in a scene with Meryl Streep [in Florence Foster Jenkins]! And then I was like, but why do I have to play Chopin? It's already going to be intimidating.
I was like, I can't believe I get to be in a scene with Meryl Streep [in Florence Foster Jenkins]! And then I was like, but why do I have to play Chopin? It's already going to be intimidating.
मैं किसी opera (ओपेरा) स्टार का accompanist (सह-वादक) नहीं बनना चाहता था। लेकिन 16 साल की उम्र में मेरा स्तर बहुत ऊँचा था, और मैंने उसे बनाए रखा। यानी मैं बहुत अच्छा था, लेकिन शास्त्रीय रूप से प्रशिक्षित होने से ज़्यादा प्रभावशाली था। इसलिए मुझे शास्त्रीय तकनीक का एक त्वरित (क्रैश) कोर्स करना पड़ा क्योंकि मैं इस किरदार [फ्लॉरेन्स फ़ॉस्टर जेनकिंस में] को बिना इस आलोचना के निभाना चाहता था कि, "यह वास्तव में सही नहीं है।"
I did not want to be the accompanist to an operatic star. But I was at a very high level for a 16-year-old, and I maintained that. So really good, but more impressive than classically trained. So I had to take a crash course in classical technique because I really wanted to get away with playing this character [in Florence Foster Jenkins] without people saying, "That's not really accurate."
I did not want to be the accompanist to an operatic star. But I was at a very high level for a 16-year-old, and I maintained that. So really good, but more impressive than classically trained. So I had to take a crash course in classical technique because I really wanted to get away with playing this character [in Florence Foster Jenkins] without people saying, "That's not really accurate."
मैं कुछ लोगों से मिला और उन्होंने कहा, "हम एक शो करने जा रहे हैं [सेकंड सिटी]।" तो हम पूरा थिएटर बुक करके शो करते थे, और हमने ऐसा पाँच साल तक किया जिसके बाद हम लोकप्रिय हो गए। यह उस समय की बात है जब स्केच कॉमेडी हिप्स्टर शैली नहीं बनी थी—जब आप किसी को पर्चा (फ़्लायर) थमाते थे, तो लोग आँखें घुमाकर मुँह बना लेते थे। अब यह काफ़ी कूल माना जाता है।
I met a bunch of people and they said, "We're gonna do a show [Second City]." So we would buy the theater out and do a show, and we did that for five years and we ended up becoming popular. It was before sketch comedy was hipster-time - when you would hand out a flier, people would roll their eyes. Now it's kind of cool.
I met a bunch of people and they said, "We're gonna do a show [Second City]." So we would buy the theater out and do a show, and we did that for five years and we ended up becoming popular. It was before sketch comedy was hipster-time - when you would hand out a flier, people would roll their eyes. Now it's kind of cool.
कभी-कभी ऐसे पल भी आते हैं जब आपको लगता है, अरे, मैं सच में कुछ अलग करना चाहता हूँ। इस शो [द बिग बैंग Theory] को छोड़ने के लिए नहीं। यह तो बस कुछ और भी करने की एक भूख है।
There's also these moments when you're like, oh, I really want to do different things. Not instead of this show [The Big Bang Theory]. It's just a hunger to do something else, too.
There's also these moments when you're like, oh, I really want to do different things. Not instead of this show [The Big Bang Theory]. It's just a hunger to do something else, too.
मैं शादीशुदा हूँ, इसलिए मैं हर लड़की पर डोरे नहीं डालता।
Im married, so I tend not to hit on every girl.
Im married, so I tend not to hit on every girl.
काम से असली बचाव तो कोई नहीं है, लेकिन एक तरह से, अगर आप मेरी तरह जुनूनी हैं, तो यह एक प्यारी सी बात है जो हमने ढूँढ निकाल ली है। आप अपना काम घर ले आते हैं और चौबीस घंटे काम करते हैं, लेकिन यह अच्छा है।
There's no real escape from the work, but in some ways, if you're as obsessive as I am, it's a sweet little thing we've figured out. You bring your work home and you work 24 hours a day, but it's good.
There's no real escape from the work, but in some ways, if you're as obsessive as I am, it's a sweet little thing we've figured out. You bring your work home and you work 24 hours a day, but it's good.
मैंने पियानो वादक ( accompanist) के काम को देखा। यह एक ऐसा पद है जिसमें इंसान खुद की परवाह किए बिना दूसरों को आगे बढ़ाता है और जिन ओपेरा गायकों से मैंने बात की, उनके अनुसार ऐसे लोग आमतौर पर थोड़े अजीब स्वभाव के होते हैं। हर आम इंसान की तरह वे भी अपनी जिंदगी से और बहुत कुछ चाहते हैं, लेकिन अब उनका काम दूसरों को चमकाना रह गया है।
I looked at the job of piano accompanist. It's a selfless position and generally they are odd people, according to opera singers I talked to. Just like everybody else, they want more from their life, but now their job is to make others shine.
I looked at the job of piano accompanist. It's a selfless position and generally they are odd people, according to opera singers I talked to. Just like everybody else, they want more from their life, but now their job is to make others shine.
मेरिल स्ट्रीप इतनी शानदार इसलिए हैं क्योंकि वह एक कलाकार के रूप में बेहद संवेदनशील और जमीन से जुड़ी इंसान हैं।
Meryl Streep is so brilliant is because she is so human, and aware as a performer.
Meryl Streep is so brilliant is because she is so human, and aware as a performer.
मुझे पहचाने जाने से कोई ऐतराज़ नहीं है, बस मुझे थोड़ी सामाजिक घबराहट (सोशल एंग्जायटी) है, और इस स्थिति ने इसे और बढ़ा दिया है। किसी भी वक्त 'एक्टिव' और सामाजिक रहने का दबाव बहुत मुश्किल हो सकता है। मैं सुबह-सुबह बाहर जाऊँगा, कोई आकर तस्वीर ले लेगा, और बाद में मुझे पता चलेगा कि मेरे चेहरे पर टूथपेस्ट लगा रह गया था।
I don't mind being recognized, it's just that I have a bit of social anxiety, and this situation has increased it. The idea of having to be 'on' and social at random times can be difficult. I'll be out in the morning, someone comes and takes a picture, and then I discover I have toothpaste on my face.
I don't mind being recognized, it's just that I have a bit of social anxiety, and this situation has increased it. The idea of having to be 'on' and social at random times can be difficult. I'll be out in the morning, someone comes and takes a picture, and then I discover I have toothpaste on my face.
इस शो में काम करने की सबसे अजीब बात यह है कि आपको समझ ही नहीं आता कि क्या सही बैठेगा और क्या नहीं। ऐसा अक्सर होता है, और अलग-अलग तरीकों से होता है।
That is what's disconcerting about working on the show, you can't seem to get an instinct about what works and what doesn't. It happens a lot, and in different ways.
That is what's disconcerting about working on the show, you can't seem to get an instinct about what works and what doesn't. It happens a lot, and in different ways.
टेबल रीड के दौरान कुछ ऐसे सीन होते हैं जो इतने शानदार लगते हैं कि शूटिंग के लिए सब्र ही नहीं होता। और फिर, कोई प्रतिक्रिया नहीं मिलती। वहीं दूसरी तरफ, कई बार रिहर्सल में मुझसे कोई डायलॉग ठीक से बोला नहीं जाता, और दर्शक उस पर हंस-हंसकर लोटपोट हो जाते हैं। अजीब बात यह है कि आज तक समझ नहीं आया कि ऐसा क्यों होता है। ऐसा भी नहीं है कि बाद में मैं सोचूं, 'अच्छा, इसलिए यह सीन चल गया!'
There are bits at the table read that destroy, so much so that we can't wait to do it in taping. And then, no reaction. And then there are times when I can't get the right read on a line in rehearsal, and then the audience howls at it. The strange thing is I still don't know why it happens like that. It's not like afterwards I think, 'Now I know why that worked!'
There are bits at the table read that destroy, so much so that we can't wait to do it in taping. And then, no reaction. And then there are times when I can't get the right read on a line in rehearsal, and then the audience howls at it. The strange thing is I still don't know why it happens like that. It's not like afterwards I think, 'Now I know why that worked!'