‘I'm Not Interested In Jumping Around'

‘It would have been easy to play Danny like a bad guy, but then, at the end, the audience might well have said, “Why is Latika still stuck with this ass**** when he is giving her so much grief?”’

That fine actor Arshad Warsi should be seen a lot more, and in better roles.

So, when an hour-long short, Cutting Chai, in the Amazon Prime Video anthology, Modern Love Mumbai, offered him a character with different shades and a waltz at the end, Arshad -- who began his career as a dancer -- came up with a heart-melting performance.

“I found this simple, beautiful, story very relatable because it dwells on emotions every woman faces because she puts her desires on the backburner for the family. I see it happen in my home, in every house, all the time, and I just had to be a part of it.”

The first part of a lively interview:

Your character Daniel in Cutting Chai is always running late. Are you like that in real life?

(Guffaws) No, in fact, you will be surprised to learn that I sleep at 10 pm, wake up at 5 am and I’m always on time.

Always?

Always, when it’s work. If the call time is 6 am, I’m at the shoot by 5.30 am.

But if it’s a party, an informal gettogether with friends, I don’t care if I am 10-15 minutes late.

I think with men, punctuality is a matter of priority while women know how to strike the right balance.

If they have promised a friend they will be there by a particular time, they will be there even if no one else has arrived.

But men will choose, yahan time pe jana hai aur yahan chalta hai (I should be on time at this place while at the other, I can take my time).