Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Saswata Chatterjee - Page 2

I've spent my entire life in Kolkata. My nine-year-old daughter, Hiya, studies here. My wife Mohua is a teacher.

Cellphones are very addictive. Even if one goes to rehab to get rid of this addiction, it's not going to work.

How long will we show birds and bees in love scenes? The world has moved on and we should portray intimate scenes realistically.

It's been some time now, but I still feel I am living a dream. It'll take time to register.

I do not accept a character or a script that I do not like.

During my adolescent years, I watched a lot of theatre. I had the habit of enacting every scene I saw in front of the mirror.

I didn't have the privilege to enter the industry just because my father is Subhendu Chatterjee. I am nowhere near my father's charismatic look. I chose this profession out of my passion for acting.

I will only sign on the dotted line if I feel my role is meaningful.

Nobody knows when they sign a film that the role they are playing will be a huge hit.

Nobody can say 'I am going to make a hit movie.' That is the interesting part of our career.

Long drives are stress-busters for me.

The phone will always ring. If I leave it even for a moment and go some where, by the time I come back there will be at least 50 missed calls. I will then get confused as to who to call and who not to, so it's simpler to live with out a cellphone.

It is natural for the national audience to recognize me as an actor through 'Kahaani' because the film is in Hindi and has a far wider reach than Bengali films.

Recently, I did the Bengali film 'Rang Milanti,' directed by Kaushik Ganguly. I think my role in that is much better than in 'Kahaani.'

Even when people are watching a movie in a multiplex, they insult the film by constantly checking their phones and flashing lights. At times, even when the audience is being told to not flash their cameras, they do, and you can't do anything because it's a habit for them and they can't stop. I don't want that for myself.

I am surprised that everyone loves a criminal. It amazes me and I really don't know how to react to it. Bob Biswas has become some sort of an idol, which is interesting because such a thing has happened for the first time.

In every profession there might be some who think they have been ditched. But we have to come out of this mental state. Don't let this stay in your mind for long.

For me, saying 'I love you' is the same as unbuttoning the heroine's kurti.

The secret lies in the actor's personal satisfaction. How can the audience be moved by a character the actor himself does not believe in?

I love and enjoy playing characters with a comic streak.

What's exciting is that after all these years, I have made my Bollywood debut. And the reach of the Hindi film industry is huge.

The only problem with a TV serial is you never know where it will go.

In some cases, mobile phones have made people extremely unsocial. I don't like that.

See, a villain takes the story forward. If everything centers around nice people, then there will be no twists and turns.

If I am traveling to remote places, I carry an ordinary phone because sometimes there's no option.

There is a huge amount of teamwork that is involved in the project which makes 'Bishprantar' extra special and very close to my heart.

Playing difficult characters is definitely challenging but playing the Mahanayak is not only difficult but one can't prepare himself for such roles as no preparation is enough for these kind of roles.

See, there are just that many in 'character' roles that you can get. So I will wait for something mind-blowing to come my way.

I can't run away from my prior commitments in Tollywood just because I have an offer from Bollywood.

I have earlier played Ritwik Ghatak on screen. It was one of the toughest roles.

After 'Kahaani,' I received a lot of offers for similar roles - from Hindi as well as Bengali filmmakers. But I didn't want a repeat performance of Bob.

It's true I was approached for 'Heroine' but I couldn't do the film as the dates were clashing with Kamaleswar Mukherjee's film 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' based on the life of Ritwik Ghatak, where I played the lead.

I lead a simple lifestyle but that doesn't mean I am a foolish simpleton!

I would love to play a deaf-mute in a film.

I am looking forward to doing roles in Hindi films but have to watch my step.

Of course, 'Kahaani' is my huge break. Lady Luck smiled at me.

The first condition for comedy is that if you laugh at your own jokes, others won't laugh. You have to say something funny very seriously.

If I'm out for a shoot, I provide someone else's number to my family for any emergency. Otherwise, I have a landline at home.

My career wouldn't have taken this direction if Anjan Dutt hadn't cast me in 'Bong Connection' years back. After that, I started getting meaty roles.

Acting is the only profession in the world where you can travel and see various places without having to spend money from your own pocket.