26 quotes found
Actor · Indian · 1942
Indian actor (born 1942)
“The body is an amazing system.”
“Whatever free time I get, I love to catch news and sports shows.”
“He never gave us a script and we never asked - we were safe in his hands.”
“I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round.”
“I've accepted that I was a failure in politics. I was not qualified for the job.”
“When your back is against the wall, there's only one way to go and that's forward.”
“I get up in the morning, have a job to do, go there, come home, be with the family, that's it.”
“I should only look back at moments that were disparaging, look down upon, negative for me - moments where I could learn something. And if I have been able to use that learning in future, then I am ...”
“Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the sha...”
“I'm very thankful to directors and filmmakers who consider me in their films, and I hope I'm able to do justice to their films.”
“Coming together should be considered something positive for people and communities. When thoughts come together, that can be more positive than an individual thought.”
“I guess I've been extremely keen on theatre, on getting on to the stage, taking on different roles, enacting vocations, personalities, people, situations, and I guess that's the interest that has d...”
“I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.”
“Audiences change because life changes. Countries change geographically, climatically, socially and morally. Many things happen, and cinema, in a sense, reflects what's happening in the world.”
“I like to feel the butterflies in the stomach, I like to go home and have a restless night and wonder how I'm going to be able to accomplish this feat, get jittery. That hunger and those butterflie...”
“I strongly believe that Amitabh Bachchan has the power to influence people and bring all of us together for a greater purpose – of peace, brotherhood and solidarity. By showcasing films from around...”
“When they were growing up, I was working from morning to night. When I left, they were asleep, when I came back, they were asleep, once he told a magazine. Even when they were young, he couldn't vi...”
“If Slumdog Millionaire projects India as a Third World, dirty-underbelly, developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exis...”
“We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that's what you seem to have mastered. You've used silence to great advantage in the film. It's brilliant.”
“One does not leave gold untouched, when one discovers the yellow metal in filth. One is very ready to pick it up. What is intrinsically good will never change no matter where it is found. A diamond...”
