【阿米&炸机&访谈】阿米与关於炸鸡的华尔街日报访谈摘要12/12/11

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WSJ: You have worked with Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee before, how was the experience of working with them in ‘Talaash’?
在拍摄“Talaash” 前，你就已经分别曾与卡琳娜·卡普尔及拉妮·玛克赫吉共事过，这次跟她们一起拍戏的经验如何?
Mr. Khan: When you work with a good actor, there is this natural rapport and chemistry that develops over time. That chemistry helps your characters come alive and makes the story of the film that much more convincing. This is what describes my relationship working with Kareena and Rani – there is a give and take of ideas, positivity and energy that helps us all give a good performance. Both women are extremely talented actresses and beyond that they are beautiful human beings. I have shared a very good professional and personal relationship with both.
当有机会能与优秀的演员们一起演戏，随著共事的时间增加，会渐渐发展出自然而然不言可喻的默契与微妙的化学作用。这个化学作用可以帮助演员更入戏，鲜活了所演的脚色，也让故事看起来更有说服力。这些可以描述解释我与卡琳娜与拉妮之间的工作关系－这样子的工作关系状态，让我们能互相交流想法，以及提供了正面积极的能量，这些在在都能帮助我们在演出上能更精进。两位女星都是非常有天赋的女演员，此外亦相当貌美，可谓内外兼备。我非常高兴能有这麼好的机会与她们共事，以及成为好友。
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WSJ: Your past few releases, such as ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘3 Idiots,’ have made social statements. Are you generally drawn to scripts and films that have a social message?
在你过去一些作品，如《地球上的小星星》与《三个傻瓜》，剧情都有涉及社会现况与议题，你在选片上与脚本的编制上，是否有比较偏好可以让影片触及到一些社会议题的走向，或是想给社会某些启示?
Mr. Khan: That’s an interesting question. If a film has a social message, it is very important for me to know what the message is and how it’s going to be delivered, but it’s not something I look for all the time. In fact, many of my films have not had social messages, such as ‘Delhi Belly,’ ‘Fanaa’ or even ‘Ghajini’ for that matter – these films are more powered by strong love stories and strong emotions. The rule I have when choosing films is the excitement factor, I need to feel excited about the story and whatever message the film has – only then do I sign on the dotted line. I don’t do films because they tell a particular kind of story, I do films with stories that touch me.
这是个满有趣的问题，如果影片带有社会给社会的启示，这麼...这个启示是什麼，以及在剧中该以何种方式将启示传递给观众们，这些对我来说是非常重要的问题，但这些问题其实都不是我时刻挂在脑中的问题。事实上，我绝大部分的作品里，是没有隐含任何社会启发或意义的，像是《挫到屎》、《为爱毁灭》或甚至是《未知死亡》之类的，这些作品都是把火力集中在强调爱情故事，以及强烈的情感或情绪的波动。我选片的标准，就是要让我读脚本的时候可以对剧情感到兴奋，而无所谓这影片有寓含任何启发或讯息－只要可以打动我，我就会签字接演，不会迁就於故事的类型或是其他因素，我只签能打动我心的脚本。
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WSJ: There’s this belief that Aamir Khan is an intense perfectionist and he brings that to all his projects. Do you believe you are a perfectionist when it comes to your craft, or in general for that matter?


有些人们坚信阿米尔汗是个不折不扣、彻彻底底的完美主义者，对每部自己的作品都是如此的吹毛求疵。你个人认为，在工作上或是日常生活中，自己算是个完美主义者吗?
Mr. Khan: I always laugh at this, because I do not believe that I am a perfectionist one bit. I truly believe that perfection is something that no one can achieve. I am very passionate about being an actor, and I allow my passion to find its outlet in the work I do. I don’t believe that it can be called perfection. It is true that when I am intensely passionate about my films, which I am, I don’t leave any stone unturned and I put every ounce of my energy into that project.
对这封号我只能一笑置之，因为我真真地认为我一点儿也不是神马完美主义者。我非常热衷於演员的工作，而且这样子的满腹热忱，可以透过演员工作得以宣泄之。但我不认为这样就可以被称之为尽善尽美。应该是说我对自己的作品有非常强烈的热情，会竭尽所能、殚精竭虑地完成之。
Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but at the end of the day, we’re there to actualize the director’s vision and things happen organically. The truth is that no matter how many retakes you do, each will be different and that is the nature of any creative medium. There’s no such thing as perfection.
制片是个一连串的创作过程，牵涉到相当多的合作关系，包含演员与导演之间，但最终无论如何，我们就是要实现导演所想要呈现的东西，不然导演不会放过我们的。但现实是残酷的，任何拍片创作过程中，无论重拍重制千次万次，或多或少都会与导演所想要的东西有出入，所以绝对不会存在有所谓尽善尽美这种虚无飘渺的境界。
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WSJ: The box office and its figures are powerful factors today. Do you let the numbers and how much money a film makes decide whether your films are successful or not?
电影的票房数字的影响力日益剧增。你会以票房的数字与制片营收，评价自己的电影是否成功麼?
Mr. Khan: Box office figures are not something that can decide the success of a film on its own, but they are one of the many yardsticks that help me measure how well a film has been received. To be quite honest, numbers don’t tell you everything because audience reactions differ. Some of the biggest films at the box office are not necessarily films that everyone has loved, they just opened to a good response.
票房成绩不能拿来当作是决定影片是否成功的玩意儿，而是帮助我们知道影片是否热门的衡量方式或标准之一。老实说，这些数字没法儿告诉你任何事情，因为观众们观赏影片的反应，在这数字上是完全无法显现出来的。有些超级卖座的片子，不一定都深获观众喜爱，事实上，只要能吸引观众上门看片子，票房就可以获得很好的成绩，但却不能显示出观众是否都满意他们所看的东西。
If I looked at the box office potential every time I chose a film, then I would have never done films such as ‘Lagaan,’ ‘Sarfarosh,’ or ‘Taare Zameen Par.’ All of these films did superb at the box office, but there wasn’t any reason for them to do so well because they didn’t fit the Bollywood conventions generally associated with a ‘100 crore film.’ ‘Lagaan’ even went so far as to be nominated for an Oscar award. I am honestly just grateful that good projects have come my way and I have been able to be a part of them.


真是半夜会神智不清啊，懒得改标题错字了，睡觉去了..