Shahid
On
Heartbreak
"I've
had
my
very
intense,
self
destructive,
heartbreak,
angsty
moments,
where
I've
not
been
in
control," Shahid
told
the
media
agency.
Shahid
On
Connecting
Himself
With
Kabir
Singh
"But
that
feeling
of
falling
apart,
of
self
destruction
for
not
being
able
to
deal
with
loss...
Only
from
great
love
can
come
great
anger.
He
is
a
phase
in
everyone's
life
and
that
how
I
connected
with
the
character."
Shahid
Channelised
His
Negative
Emotions
Into
His
Performances
Shahid
says
one
of
the
best
ways
to
overcome
his
negative
emotion
is
to
channelise
it
into
his
performance.
He
was
quoted
as
saying,
"You
have
to
channelise
all
kinds
of
negative
emotions
and
turn
them
into
positive,
otherwise
they
can
take
you
down,
heartbreak
being
one
of
them.
You've
to
learn
to
channelise
these
energies,
if
you
can't,
you
become
Kabir
Singh."
Shahid
Reveals
Why
'Self
Pity'
Is
Dangerous
"The
worst
thing
to
do
is
to
delve
in
self
pity
because
it
keeps
you
in
a
place
way
longer
than
you
need
to
be.
The
first
thing
I
do
is
to
try
and
run
away
from
it.
I
don't
like
to
indulge
in
self
pity,
it's
very
dangerous," said
Shahid.
Shahid
Doesn't
Judge
The
Character
'Kabir
Singh'
When
asked
how
does
he
approach
a
character
like
Kabir
Singh,
Shahid
says,
"By
not
judging
him.
He's
real.
He's
not
trying
to
fake
anything.
We
do
that
ourselves
also,
telling
ourselves
we
are
bad
in
our
low
phase.
That
doesn't
help
because
you're
giving
yourself
a
wrong
message.
You
need
to
tell
yourself
that
you're
a
nice
person
and
will
come
out
of
this
bad
phase
and
find
yourself."
Shahid
On
Representing
'Flawed
Characters'
"They
are
real,
I
need
to
just
represent
them.
Sometimes
reality
is
a
bit
too
real.
'Haider'
and
'Udta
Punjab'
we're
in
dark
places,
Kabir
Singh
isn't
at
all.
He's
an
edgy
character."
"As
a
subject
matter
in
totality,
it's
a
happy
film.
It's
romantic
and
it
has
its
dark
parts
but
obviously
what
will
attract
you
in
those
promos
are
these
edgy
scenes
but
the
film
has
a
lot
more
going
for
it."
Shahid
Compares
Tommy
Singh
From
Udta
Punjab
To
Kabir
Singh
"I
have
to
find
why
he's
doing
what
he
is
doing
otherwise
I
have
no
understanding
of
the
character
I'm
doing.
Tommy
Singh
is
an
empty
guy
who
is
self-obsessed.
He's
only
thinking
about
himself
and
realises
later
that
he
needs
to
do
something
for
someone
else.
"Kabir
is
the
opposite.
He
loves
so
purely
that
he
actually
destroys
himself
in
that
emotion,
becomes
self
destructive."