Top 57 Quotes & Sayings by Kabir Bedi

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Kabir Bedi

Kabir Singh Bedi OMRI is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other European countries in three media: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story and the villainous Sanjay Verma in the 1980s blockbuster Khoon Bhari Maang. He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the popular Italian TV miniseries and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. Bedi is based in India and lives in Mumbai.

I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair. And they are like government bonds, they take so long to mature.
The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.
Honestly, I'm willing to experiment with far more variety in roles than I'm given. But ultimately, it's the producer's decision. But, I've done a variety of roles - the evil don, the evil husband... I've done villainous roles, supporting roles, etc.
Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can there be anything better than performing without retakes and cuts, in front of people you can see, hearing them breathe in the darkness of the hall?
Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion. — © Kabir Bedi
Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion.
I adore 'The Chipmunks.'
I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film.
Theatre is done largely for the love of the craft. Television makes you famous. And films immortalize you. That's the relationship between the three.
Love is a beautiful feeling.
Love just happens, you know.
My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony.
You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry.
I don't believe in murder.
Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors. — © Kabir Bedi
We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.
I am essentially someone who comes from the theatre. I love the theatre. Unfortunately, theatre doesn't pay the bills. Only in theatre abroad, I get a wage.
Not all roles you do can be chocolate sweet.
Everything has a place and time.
I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.
Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two people imagined, then both the individuals have to be communicative and have to understand and accept the reality.
I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.
I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet.
Vamps no longer exist. Stars have taken their roles.
I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills.
Whether people choose to have same sex relationships or relationships outside the marriage - whatever happens between two consenting adults should be purely their business, not the state's or the society's.
Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there.
I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.
You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked.
I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets.
I have the greatest love for the rituals of organised religion - the sense of community and belonging it can confer to people. But me, I'm more a questioner than a follower; not by whim or fashion, but as a decision painfully arrived at after much, much thought.
I'm an international actor, but at the same time, I'm also a Bollywood actor, even though most of my career has been abroad. However, I've always kept in touch with Hindi cinema.
When Rakesh Roshan called me for 'Khoon Bhari Maang,' it was supposed to be a six month shoot, but I ended up staying for four years doing 12 films.
In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.
There's a big difference between how the Anglo-Saxon world views India, or viewed India, and the way Europe views India.
I could play Arab roles, even German roles, Italian roles because I had that look.
Today, of course, the world's perception of India has changed tremendously. People understand its role in world affairs; they understand that India is not some backward nation. In fact, it is the fastest growing free-market democracy in the world today, and that says it all.
Being an international actor, I always had to keep moving. — © Kabir Bedi
Being an international actor, I always had to keep moving.
I can't play Mahatma Gandhi.
Actors are limited by their appearance and while it has cost me some roles, it has got me some very important roles too.
India can't be looked at as a country; it's more of a continent.
I think the Indian model of respecting the uniqueness of each religion and, of every state is what makes the country great.
When you are a filmmaker, you need to be rooted, because committing yourself to producing or directing a film is a good three-year process.
I do believe that with more worldwide influences, the coming of the internet age and digital media, the flow of information is far greater, and people's understanding can expand more easily.
It is time that India legally respected the rights of LGBT persons. It is very sad that this is not enshrined in Indian law in India so far, but I do believe that soon, we will come on par with respecting the individuality of people with different sexualities.
I think worldwide, the movement has been towards accepting and respecting the individuality and the rights of gay people, lesbians and transgender people. Here, however, age-old cultural mindsets - which also comes from Victorian times, affect the thinking of people.
I grew up speaking English and Punjabi. Just living and working in Punjab and smelling the early morning air and sitting down and having paranthas and lassi and all that was marvellous.
The Anglo-Saxon world saw India as an underdeveloped country. The land of snake charmers, the cows on the street, that "ex-colony-backward-nation" kind of viewpoint, very condescending. Europe on the other hand, saw India in a more romantic, mystical, spiritual way, as a place that's a fountain of wisdom.
Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. — © Kabir Bedi
Everything has its advantages and disadvantages.
Osho is one of India's greatest mystics.... I see him as one of the world's great teachers, thinkers, philosophers and guides of our times. I have enormous respect for his world vision and the kind of International Communities he is building. I have always felt his influence in my life.
Different nations have different ways of forming their national identity. In America, for instance, the model was one of homogeneity breaking from different backgrounds, and the whole effort was to blend them all together like a wonderful making of a milkshake!
In a country like India, we don't want to put everyone in one big mixture. We have a different language, culture and cuisine for each region, even though we are united in the larger context. We are more like a fruit salad, where each ingredient has its own specialty, each fruit its distinct flavor, and together, the salad makes a tasty dish, without losing the individuality of each constituent.
The advantage my looks gave me was that I wasn't limited to just playing Indian roles when I was abroad, and I've been abroad for almost twenty-five years.
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