Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Abhay Deol
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian actor Abhay Deol.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.
I don't see myself being perceived as a Bollywood star and I wouldn't want to be that either.
Maybe I didn't take the advantage and become a star and get all the brands so that I could solidify my space in the world.
I have family in America and I lived with them for a while. Every few years, I feel the need to disassociate myself from what I do. It really helps the actor within me.
My cousins and my uncle have been iconic heroes in the industry and I don't think I'm anywhere close to that, but I'm happy that they like my work. They are my elders and it's natural for me to look up to them.
I always pick characters where it's not his muscles or dance skills that help him, because not all of us can look like that. I am more like someone who'd beat up ten guys, not with his muscles, but his strategy.
I grew up in this industry. I've seen fame up close.
The craziest thing I've done for love? Put my life on hold.
I'd rather point a finger at myself than others.
I am a citizen of the planet and I want to do films that appeal to people, not communities.
It's scary to work with family, alongside my brothers and uncle. I can't imagine myself screaming at them even in front of the camera.
Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.
I am not anti-marriage.
The reaction to 'Dev D' success wasn't a balanced one from my end. I ran away! I should have stayed around and seen how I could balance things. But I wasn't capable of that.
I am trying to be true to the work that I want to do and be allowed to make the choices that I want to make.
It is not a happy time when a film doesn't do well... Everything affects you, success affects you and failure also affects you.
I have cheated. But I don't regret it because we were not serious. I wouldn't have ever done it if I were serious about the girl.
Acting is more creative and liberating than production.
The kind of stories I like often comes from debutant directors.
The thing about action films is that they are high on drama in terms of action sequences, have songs and other things, but content is secondary.
I grew a very early distaste for fame and glamour because I saw what the spotlight and attention can do to you as a family, so to speak.
Los Angeles is much like Mumbai, the film industry rules the city over most other professions, so it feels like home.
N.Y. is like second home to me. I love that city. I have lived there for a couple of years and it's always a pleasure to go back there.
When you do films after films, you don't let life happen. At least, in my case, I end up relying too much on emotions, which aren't raw enough. Travel helps me to get a renewed approach towards things.
I was inherently slightly more bitter or cynical and that kept me from going to the commercial formulaic crowd. Also, I went to an art college and I did my foundation in art.
I am most attracted to characters and stories that I can relate to. The traditional formula of 'larger than life' I never found attractive.
I always try to do middle-of-the-road cinema.
With my humor, I end up offending everybody!
I may or may not get married but I will settle down in a live-in.
The kind of content I want to be part of is hardly made.
Lot of people liked me in 'Manorama Six feet Under,' 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye,' 'Dev D' and 'Shanghai' and the only common thing in all these films is that when we were making them we never thought they would work. The ones that did not work were safe films.
I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.
We are always larger than life because we come from this mentality that since we are a very poor nation, we need an escapist cinema to take us out of our miseries. And that's where Bollywood comes from.
When a film is good, the lines between single-screen and multiplex blur.
The kind of work I do and the films I believe in, I had to take charge of making that kind of cinema.
I can be lazy, don't get me wrong. But it's not laziness that's holding me back, it's the system where I don't fit in.
If you perceive someone to be stylish then even if they are shabbily dressed you would consider that as a new style statement.
It's not that I don't want to do different films. The non-mainstream stuff that I did started to get successful... But for an industry which runs essentially on money, they do put you in a box.
As long as it excites me, I am game for it.
I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.
Even as a kid, classmates asked pointed personal questions about my family. I have conditioned myself to handle it with maturity.
As a kid I wanted to run away from home every time I got a scolding for being naughty but I never did. Knowing now what happens to unprotected kids on the streets I'm glad I didn't.
I always wanted my work to speak for itself but I realized you have to show people a little bit of yourself and interact with them, especially before your film releases.
The only sense marriage makes is to share property, your children inherit the name and all that... it is all legal reasons to get married and no reason for love.
Love has no nationality for me. I have a preference for dark skin but that's just superficial.
Fortunately, I got critic and audience acceptance much earlier than industry acceptance.
I'm not cut out to play a filmi hero. I don't look like a hero.
I feel my advantage of coming from a film family is - having seen fame up close, having seen the industry so close and how it works, I was not enamored by fame.
I read about myself in the papers all the time.
It harms me when people say I am 'non-mainstream' or 'non-commercial' actor. I try to fight off such labels.
I was termed 'choosy' because when an actor decides to go against the wind and takes on only non-formula films, he is not left with much choice.
It would be great to read a script, which is an action script uniquely written so that it doesn't cost an arm or a leg because we are now accustomed to seeing action in the superhero form.
I realized that I need to protect my films because the director will move on, the producer will move on too, but as an actor I will be considered a flop if things will not work.
In real life I don't chant. Nor do I believe in idol worship.
If I want to do song and dance, I will and I would like to but I don't want to do it in every film. Where is the novelty then? It just takes the fun out of work for me.
I don't think there's anything like love at first sight. What happens is actually lust at first sight.
I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.
I wasn't looking to be a star, I just happened to love acting, I was a reluctant actor.
When there is stuff being written about your family and people ask you questions which are very personal in nature, it makes you defensive and almost makes you angry.
I was always looking for relatability, because I am not someone cut out for larger than life roles.
Related Authors
Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes
Austrian
Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
English
Actor
Bruce Lee Quotes
American
Actor
Clint Eastwood Quotes
American
Actor
Daniel Radcliffe Quotes
British
Actor
Dwayne Johnson Quotes
American
Actor
Jeff Bridges Quotes
American
Actor
Johnny Depp Quotes
American
Actor
Kevin Hart Quotes
American
Actor
Kevin Spacey Quotes
American
Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes
American
Actor
Rob Lowe Quotes
American
Actor
Robert Pattinson Quotes
English
Actor
Sylvester Stallone Quotes
American
Actor
Will Rogers Quotes
American
Actor
Zach Braff Quotes
American
Actor