Top 76 Quotes & Sayings by Ashish Vidyarthi

Roshan Sherchan is a grey character and that's the challenge. He's not all bad. Even though people will hate him, they'll still wonder why he did what he did. I enjoyed playing this character a lot because he will make the audience choose between things.

But it's the love of audience that encourages you to try out better things each time and I feel elated that I have the opportunity to work across so many languages.

My mother-in-law is an awesome cook, but I have grown up eating the food cooked by my mother. I must say that both of them have their own area of specialisation, when it comes to cooking.

I never like to call myself as a celebrity. I am an actor and that's the only title I am proud to own.

Life doesn't happen like we plan. We need to make the most of it.

Doing anything with dedication impacts life positively.

It is a rich universe and because people come from different backgrounds, ethos and unique strengths, just because they don't look like us doesn't mean you need to amputate them from your life.

My father is a Malayalee, my mother is a Bengali.

I gained my inspiration from former U.S. president Barack Obama, because he tries to do things differently, things which other people do in an ordinary manner.

I'm a restless kind of guy.

The exciting part is the journey of an actor. Each destination in my life is something that I celebrate.

My Marathi is indeed very bad and whenever I try to call my friends Sandeep Kulkarni or Sayaji Shinde, they immediately recognise my weird accent and all my efforts to surprise them go down the drain.

Actors too need directors who can fire their imagination. The fire needs to be stoked.

All of us play different roles in our chosen career. I play the role of an actor. But I realised I am also an actor apart from various roles I play in my personal life.

Once there was this Telugu film about a ghost. It sounded too hackneyed. 'Probably it will turn out fine,' I told myself and went ahead and... it was a disaster.

It's a dystopian world where things aren't connected. But life feels light when we can communicate, joke or laugh on ourselves.

I'm essentially a traveller. I love to do many things.

I did a film called 'Nightfall,' based on Isaac Asimov life, which was directed by an American director. However it was a short film.

It's a funny thing that when things happen in an actor's life, at some point it's just a performance, at another, it's a part of your life.

I have plenty of memories from my stint in the Kannada film industry.

Redemption happens in many forms. It happens when one takes responsibility even when one need not.

There are many roles and I haven't had the opportunity to do any of them. I jokingly tell people 'Sometimes I wonder, is the film industry waiting for me to die and then say it's sad. He was a good actor. He was underrated and didn't have enough chances.'

There is immense power in acknowledging the contribution of every human being in our life. One must constantly make the effort to absorb this power by getting the blessings of all human beings.

You won't ever get clarity in life. You have to overcome the hazy path yourself.

Ala Modalaindi' is a labour of love and leaves me with a smile when I look back.

I can understand Tamil and Telugu when a conversation is aimed at me, but I cannot hold a conversation.

I am never satisfied and always willing to learn.

For me, the ever smiling face of my father was an enigma which I understood later in life.

Well, acting on stage is very different from acting on screen.

So many of us have moved to another city, and it's across strata, economic divides, educational status etc, but we have found ourselves in a new city with its new challenges. So there is something about 'Dayashankar' that people connect with.

My connection with South films began with a Kannada film and with producer Ramu, in particular.

Nothing is off the table... never for an actor. An actor is continuously looking for challenges.

I decided to engage in life conversations through my programme 'Avid Miners.' This is all about sharing experiences and spreading positivity. The audience range from school students, colleges and even corporate employees. And this journey has been quite an experience for me, I must add!

When we grow older, we start getting caught up with ourselves. We try and live up to an image.

I am tired of getting typecast.

I would be lying if I say I don't find it scary each time I come on stage.

I owe my career in the South to Tamil films.

If you love your work, you will try out different kinds of roles with perseverance in order to sustain in the industry.

Over time, I have realised that it is important to stay grounded and keep in touch with reality.

The concept of 'DAM999' is very interesting, which director Sohan Roy has written. The entire idea was to capture or encapsulate the nine rasas depicting different human emotions in the backdrop of dam disaster.

Sometimes we think roles define us. One can emerge beyond the confines of their roles to make an impact on society.

It's a great joy for me to work on television after a long time.

I like to be a creative variable rather than sticking to a dogma.

I can speak English, Hindi and Bangla.

Gossip is the biggest enemy in a healthy relationship and creates distrust.

I personally don't believe in waiting for things to change.

Hindi film industry has not proved to be a viable alternative for me, hence, I shifted my focus towards South, where I have created a market for myself.

Even as we continue our life, what is important is that, we must keep hope for the future alive.

I do manage to make others laugh.

Either I am rootless or I have my roots spread out so much that I cannot spot my primary root. I believe in Camus' philosophy - It is important to be a traveller without a baggage.

As an actor, I have travelled, met people and discovered that the only thing that matters is how we treat life, not complaining nor wanting better things.

I love to meet people and interact.

For me acting is just a profession. As much passion I have for my profession, I always seperate profession from life.

You never know which film will work when.

I was in a school called Shiv Niketan, run by Elizabeth Gauba, where she gave a lot of importance to people expressing themselves in whatever way they wanted - some could draw and answer, some could dance and answer, while some could act.

My mother Reba Vidyarthi was a Kathak dancer while my father Govind Vidyarthi was a theatre personality. Later on, he worked for Sangeet Natak Akademi and documented many dying art forms of India.

When people ask me where I am from, with artificial simplicity, they don't understand how convoluted an answer it may sound.

No actor is totally happy with the roles they get.

What I tell people usually is - don't look at others and be like them. Instead, find out ways in which you can augment yourself and increase your capabilities and use it in different ways.

Once I sign a film, irrespective of whether it is a small production or a large one, I make it mine and give my best.