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Manoj Bajpayee says actors aren’t bothered about playing a certain age on screen
Updated On: 06 September, 2026 10:25 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Manoj Bajpayee says actors aren’t bothered about playing a certain age on screen. He explains that they focus more on the layers, depth and nuances of a character, with the real work beginning once the shoot starts

Manoj Bajpayee
National Award-winning actor Manoj Bajpayee, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming film ‘Last Man in Tower’, has shared that actors are not bothered about playing a certain age on the screen. The actor spoke with IANS along with actress Divya Dutta and director Ben Rekhi during the promotions of the film.
He told IANS, “Playing a certain age is not something that we actors are so bothered about. What we are mostly bothered about is the layers that we can touch, the depth of the character. All the characters are like an onion, like a human being. To find those layers is a very difficult thing. There is a backstory, there is a characterization. You go through the script. So the script is showing you so many ideas. And on that basis, you are, you know, jotting it down and you are trying to make a backstory, which is full of grays, full of nuances and full of layers”.


