Actor Quotes

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.

I have never been a superstar and never believed in it.

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.

Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability.

Everyone must accept that we will age and age is not always flattering.

Dearest TV media and vans outside my home, please do not stress and work so hard.

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.

I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films.

I am looking forward to going to Dubai because it gives us an opportunity to interact with each other. We can sit and enjoy each other's company. We can go out for a walk without worrying about shooting schedules.

There are many things that I feel I have missed out on.

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 butterflies in the stomach are very essential for all creative people.

I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I'm quite amazed sometimes by the way they go about it. I grow a beard and it lands up in the editorial in The Times of India.

The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just phenomenal. No wonder I became religious, because you don't know why something's happening to you and you don't know how you bounced back.

I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father.

To the timid soul, nothing is possible.

Idolatry is really not good for anyone. Not even the idols.

Kids love rabbits... they just like them.

Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor.

Set your heights more than what you see around you, see beyond.

Romeo Must Die was the first film that I did where I was able to just be free as an actor.

My wife and I have always trusted each other, and I have to thank her strength.

Leo couldn't deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with 'The Aviator', but I will go on record to say I will do so in 'The Departed'.

It's just a matter of me opening up the page and whatever is written on the page, that's what I'm here to do.

It's a remake of a film called Inferno Affairs. It's a Hong Kong film, and if we come anywhere close to what they did in the original, we're going to have a hot property on our hands, because Inferno Affairs is a great piece.

Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do.

If you respect the art and you have some talent about you, I'm on your team.

If they respect the craft and what we're doing and they bring something to the table and they work hard, I don't care what you do as your side job or as your day job.

I've worked with some actors who can't act.

I've gotten my butt kicked by the best. Jet Li beat me up the best, but Steven Segal can still kick a good butt. It's a different kind of kicking, though.