The fact that an actor gets to be someone else with every new project is what appeals to Saanand. `An actor is someone who can get rid of himself and that's what I feel is the best part of being an artist. I don't want the audience to see Saanand Verma so that I can easily get into any other character because if there is no original self of an actor then any character can be played realistically. An actor can meditate all the time and forget about everything and concentrate on the character that he is working on and that is the most loveable and exciting thing for me as an actor,` he says.
Ask him the secrets behind becoming a great comic actor, and he says, `There are two secrets of a great comedy performance; one is your comic timing and the second one is your understanding of the environment. So, if your comic timing is very well, like if you take the right pauses, it works for you. It's all about delivering a comic punch and an actor needs to time it well in order to make people laugh. Comic timing definitely comes when you are a very good comic performer and you have a great sense of humour. The second thing is understanding your environment and that means there are different characters around you and those characters are very important for you to understand because they are the actual source of laughter when we deliver a comic punch. So, you need to grab, understand and assimilate those characters, punch line, feelings, interaction, reaction and then make it a nice comedy scene that gives you a lot of happiness and relaxation.`