Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Dev Patel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actor Dev Patel.

Last updated on April 16, 2025.

Dev Patel is an English actor. He is the recipient of various accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Award, in addition to receiving nominations for an Academy Award, another BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards and three SAG awards.

English - Actor | Born: April 23, 1990

Source: Wikipedia

I'm not a Casanova in 'The Newsroom,' by the way - just another hard worker.

Dev Patel

Television moves fast, and you don't have the indulgences you have when you're shooting movies of so many takes because there are tight deadlines.

Dev Patel

The dark side is when you are with family and friends, and you have paparazzi screaming at you - that's been hard to deal with.

Dev Patel

But I'm tone deaf - window-shattering tone deaf. I can't sing for the life of me. I can't sing or dance, so no remake of 'Grease' for me!

Dev Patel

The thing is, I am a loving person. I am super sappy when it comes to romance. But I'm not the Antonio Banderas, swashbuckling, Pierce Brosnan, smooth-talking type.

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Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.

Dev Patel

I have a Blackberry which I use, but I am one of those people who can only type on it with one hand.

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Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.

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'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?

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I don't think I have the pulling power of Jim Carrey.

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I visit India a lot.

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I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account.

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I'm an Asian guy growing up in London so I see myself as British, but India is part of my culture.

Dev Patel

You're never going to truly wrap your head around things that take a lifetime to study while making a movie.

Dev Patel