We’re looking forward to introducing you to IRFAN HOSSEIN . Check out our conversation below.
IRFAN , a huge thanks to you for investing the time to share your wisdom with those who are seeking it. We think it’s so important for us to share stories with our neighbors, friends and community because knowledge multiples when we share with each other. Let’s jump in: Are you walking a path—or wandering?
Wandering is part of walking. At some steps you face choices ,outer and inner. Each choice is weighed against your ethical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, philosophical biological values. According to that you decide your path.
That’s why wandering matters. It isn’t illogical. Sometimes it is rest. It clears the mind, gives space to rethink, to reevaluate, to redraw your map .
For an actor, wandering strengthens the ability to stay present with uncertainty. The finest performances often don’t come from rigid planning but from responding truthfully to what unfolds. Wandering teaches you to trust your instincts, to follow impulses without needing to know where they lead.
Wandering is not the opposite of walking. It is the preparation for it. You wander so that when the time comes to walk toward a milestone, you walk with clarity steady, committed, step by step,Wandering gives you devotion and walking gives you dedication .
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Irfan Hossein, founder of ACTORISM. But as Shakespeare said, What’s in a name? To truly know me, you need to understand what Actorism is, why it exists, and what its purpose is.
Actorism is an advanced learning module for professional actors. It combines modern scientific methods with ancient mystical techniques for character building and role creation. It shapes performances through Acting Alchemy, where we infuse personality into the written texts.
In short, Actorism is where scripts breathe.
Actorism introduces you to yourself.
It’s said if you want to know God, know yourself first.
All outer reflections are the outcome of inner manifestations. Actorism helps you meet yourself first ,your inner motivations, goals, and purposes ,so you can achieve outer results. It’s a philosophical, psychological, intellectual, spiritual, and biological process aimed at transformation.
Before you can truly become a character, you must first meet yourself. Every role comes from the raw material of who you are beneath your social masks and habits. An actor who hasn’t met themselves can only give hollow performances, no matter how skilled.
Actorism isn’t just training , it’s a journey into yourself by understanding your desires, motivations, and patterns, you open the door to the full range of human experience that acting asks for.
Through this process, acting becomes more than craft , it becomes a practice of presence. Every scene, every character, teaches you something about yourself. You learn to respond instead of react, to act consciously instead of mechanically.
Actorism exists not only to help actors perform better but to become a more conscious human being. Actorism becomes a place to explore life , its mysteries and intricacies and the actor becomes a seeker of truth.
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. What part of you has served its purpose and must now be released?
“Part” is an interesting word in actor’s life, here it plays two parts , the brain as a physical organ and the mind as a controlling and dominating master.
The part that has served its purpose for me is my mind. I want to release it from its commanding role and let my heart take over. I am turning towards the heart to guide me ,make decisions, and lead me with awareness. I want my heart to be the true master while the mind serves as an assistant in this alchemy, with results expressed through the heart. I want my heart to guide the mind.
Mind clings; heart accepts.Mind seeks revenge; heart forgives.Mind holds on to unfulfilled desires; heart lets them go.Mind wants to prove it was right; heart apologizes and accepts mistakes.Mind calculates loss; heart embraces growth.Mind wants to win at any cost; heart accepts defeat for the happiness of others. Victory is not always in winning.
Mind wants to conquer the world; heart seeks victory over hearts, even at the cost of losing. Mind wants to defeat those who left; heart thanks all who were part of my journey and shaped me as a person and actor. They may not have continued the journey with me, and that’s okay. They remain milestones of my motivations, aspirations, and purpose. They loved me, gave me respect, carried truth in their hearts for me, and believed in me and my dreams. They are still part of me ,my motivations, my aspirations, and my inspirations. I wish them happiness, love, and fulfilment .
What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
“Wound is the place from where light enters.” — Rumi
Take your broken heart and make it into art, as Meryl Streep said in her Oscar speech.
The heart opens through wounds ,it’s nature’s way of teaching us, improving us as human beings and as artists. Without our own wounds, we cannot truly understand the pain and loss of others. Wounds create empathy, which is the most important quality for an actor. To act with truth, you must feel others’ pain, aspirations, inspirations, motivations, victories, and losses as your own.
A wound is the gateway to understanding both the inner and outer world. It gives you motivation, depth, and purpose.
My wounds began to heal when I started to heal others. By approaching life with the principle of not giving to others what I would not want for myself,
Healing happens not by erasing the pain but transforming it into awareness and compassion. In the process, my own heart got healed and found it’s light.
Alright, so if you are open to it, let’s explore some philosophical questions that touch on your values and worldview. What do you believe is true but cannot prove?
Belief always carries doubts within .That’s its nature ,the moment we say we believe something, we admit that certainty is never complete. The mind questions everything , That’s what mind does.
The heart, however, knows truth without explanation.
There are realities beyond measurement, beyond logic, yet they give life meaning. Love is one of them. You can measure hormones, map brain activity, study behavior ,but none of that captures what it feels like to love. The way your chest expands when someone enters the room, the quiet knowing that their happiness matters as much as your own ,that can’t be proved.
Friendship works the same way. You can’t calculate shared silences, quantify the spark when someone really matters to you , or explain why you’ll sacrifice for someone else’s happiness .Science can show effects ,better health, but it cannot touch the essence of friendship.
These truths belong to the heart. They need no proof because they are proof. When you feel love, you don’t need validation. When you experience true friendship, it is you who know it’s worth .
The mind’s questioning is valuable it keeps us grounded and protects us. But when we insist that only provable things are real, we miss the vast territory of human experience that gives life depth and meaning.
I believe the heart’s knowing is as real perhaps more real than the mind’s reasoning. Consciousness is more than brain releasing neurons. We are connected to each other and to life in ways that go beyond the physical. beauty, truth, and goodness exist to be discovered, not calculated.
The heart experiences these truths daily. It knows without explaining, trusts without proving, loves without justifying. In that knowing, it touches what no instrument can measure. what transforms mere survival into truly living.
Truth ,love ,beauty ,friendship,Art can not be explained completely but its experience creates faith in its existence.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
I want to leave a path for people to walk on and explore their own myth. A path where each step encourages curiosity, reflection, and courage. Where they can explore their own story, dive into their inner landscapes, and uncover the truths that belong only to them. I want them to feel the freedom to wander, to question, to imagine, to visualize, and to become part of that visualisation and in that journey discover the depth, beauty, and meaning of their own life.
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