Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Ranvir Shorey

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Ranvir Shorey

Ranvir Shorey is an Indian actor and former VJ who works in Hindi films and television. Since making his debut in Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002), he has starred in a number of high-profile films such as Jism (2003) and Lakshya (2004). He has also starred in the critically acclaimed films such as Traffic Signal, Bheja Fry (2007) and the critical and commercial hit Mithya (2008).

There is no need to write about every fight that I have with my wife. That is not fair.
In our industry star kids are given opportunities. There is no dearth of films for them.
I think people are okay without knowing what my relationship status is. When nobody asks me, how can people be interested? — © Ranvir Shorey
I think people are okay without knowing what my relationship status is. When nobody asks me, how can people be interested?
I can't dumb down for the audience because I believe my audience is at least as smart as I am.
Even I run after money, but money is secondary for me. First comes the script and then my part in the movie.
I don't plan my life or analyse things. Nothing can be predicted about the future, no one can put a finger on what's going to be the next big thing. Why bother?
I feel lucky that films like 'Singh is King,' 'Ek Tha Tiger' came my way. They were mainstream films that were different.
Not all Bollywood movies are made for the passion for it, they're mostly made to make money.
I did 'Ek Tha Tiger,' but I wasn't in 'Tiger Zinda Hai.' I know and I feel that I'm ignored.
We should accept our fears and try to overcome them.
I feel one shouldn't turn director unless one is compelled to tell a story.
I have decided never ever to put on weight again. Not even if Francis Ford Coppola were to offer me a role in exchange for putting on 25 kilos!
I am a huge fan of animation. — © Ranvir Shorey
I am a huge fan of animation.
My diploma was in film and videography and I then went to a film academy in New York, where I trained in acting as well.
There have been years when I had no films.
I don't believe in the idea of planning. I take life as it comes.
Ironically India is the hub of animation outsourcing, but our own productions have been anything but fabulous.
While we always try to hide our fears, they keep chasing us all through our lives.
Nobody has a copyright on 'Emotional Atyachar,' other than Anurag Kashyap maybe!
Although I myself have not been a huge follower of Shakespeare's dramatic nuances during my academic years, these plays that were penned down centuries ago loom large in every student's psyche, quite effortlessly.
Ek Tha Tiger' was a great script, director and leading superstar of the film industry Salman Khan is part of it.
I think I'm known mostly for comedy because most of the work I've done is comedy and that is in turn because most of the work that is offered to me is comedy, so I end up doing more comic roles and therefore being known for them.
I am not a serious daddy. I am a very cool daddy.
Whenever I go into a crisis situation I turn myself towards self improvement. I learn something new, pick up a course. Travel somewhere and do something there for a few months... It's important to do positive things in that phase.
I used to worry about becoming a father. But now, after becoming one, I am very happy.
I am no expert on parenting.
Marriage is not always peaceful.
It's the film journalists that I'm wary of.
For me, 'Jhalak' was a carry-forward from 'Khatron ke Khiladi.' The channel came to me with this offer, and they were very keen on having me as the host.
I don't dig the candy floss and rosy kind of film subjects. Give me anything dark and grey!
I take my own time to say yes to a role.
The only reason I took up small roles in big banner films was in the hope to get the attention of other directors.
Since, I have become a parent... I feel if you sit down and get through your child and use one's understanding to teach them something... Is the easiest way.
I haven't got the kind of films from mainstream cinema which I would have wanted. But then mainstream cinema has a different bunch of people who are happy working with each other, which is fine.
I didn't mind taking on small parts.
If there's comfort factor, all the other differences can be bridged! But, it's difficult to work with those whom you can't stand personally!
The press is writing parallel narrative about my life, especially my married life and nothing about my work. That's media for you.
I would like to direct. I am also happy helping other directors realise their vision. I am happy being a cog in a wheel. — © Ranvir Shorey
I would like to direct. I am also happy helping other directors realise their vision. I am happy being a cog in a wheel.
When you don't have work for a year or two, you lower your standards a bit for survival.
I don't think people are interested in knowing the what, when, where and how of my life.
I have not made any efforts to stay away from commercial films.
The way a Dibakar Banerjee conceptualizes a film is different from a David Dhawan! I've worked with both, since as an actor I am just a tool in the director's hands.
I feel comfortable doing parts that I feel are great and that I can pull off.
I had two elder brothers and they would thrash me if I do something wrong, then dad would thrash me. I think corporal punishment as disciplining the child is what I am questioning... I feel there are less flawed methods.
Award shows come with a price tag. You have to lobby and I don't have the acumen for such stuff. Maybe that's the reason I hardly have any award.
Fatherhood has changed me a lot.
There's a watering down of sensibilities in commercial films and I don't seem to fit into that.
Fears are a part of our personality. — © Ranvir Shorey
Fears are a part of our personality.
One indie film does well, for example a 'Bheja Fry,' that gets money for another 20 indie projects. But as soon as the first 8 projects release and flop, out of the 12 remaining ones, six will never take off, three will remain incomplete and the others will be shelved.
I had been off TV for seven-eight years, and I took up 'Khatron Ke Khiladi' on an impulse. I wanted to do something adventurous post-40, and 'Jhalak' just happened.
Working in independent cinema is far more frustrating than mainstream because it is difficult to get money to make such films.
I generally don't talk about my personal life. It is one area that I like to keep to myself.
When you hear Bollywood, you think about everything mainstream, song-and-dance, hero-heroine. I don't think that will ever go away.
This is a wrong notion that I work in big budget films. Infact, usually low budget films are offered to me, they come and say it's a good story but they don't have the money.
The only way independent cinema can come out of its own rut is by learning to be more consistent. An indie filmmaker should feel responsible for others as well.
I think corporal punishment is the shortest, most impatient, flawed way of teaching or making a child understand something.
I am quite familiar with the vibrant theatre scene in Bengaluru, as I keep coming back to the city with my plays. Audiences here appreciate arts and are open to different types of theatre and acting techniques.
There is such wastage of money in masala films!
I have worked with Konkona in 'Mixed Doubles' and 'Traffic Signal' and one thing's clear - she is a fabulous actress and an excellent human being.
When you don't get a certain quality of work, you end up doing lesser quality of work because there's no work. I'm a professional actor, I have bills to pay so I end up taking work which ideally I wouldn't have.
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