Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Sushant Singh Rajput
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
I am not a private person; you can ask those who hang out with me.
Everybody is in a hurry to decode you in a certain way, and then they expect you to adhere to their definition. How can they possibly do that when you yourself are finding it hard to discover yourself?
Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I'd rather not speak.
To be able to make statements, you need to be confident about what you think. You need to have a sense of right and wrong.
I've stopped taking myself seriously because now I understand how fickle my thoughts are.
If you are confident about yourself and wear what you love, you will exude a style of your own.
I realised quite early that by the time I articulate my thoughts into words, I'm on to another thought. And what comes out wasn't what I thought of exactly. So not talking was a better option.
I think we are all insecure, and there is nothing wrong in accepting that. But the problem arises when we try to counter this insecurity by cultivating this illusion of control, and we start taking ourselves and everything we know too seriously.
I was a studious child, heavily into academics. For the longest time, I wouldn't talk.
My exercise regime is a mix of gymming, marital arts, sports, etc.
I think people generally are lost, as they keep thinking about what is going to happen and what they have done. They are not alive anymore. The art of listening is missing. In their head, they are doing something else.
The only strong opinion that I have about myself is that I don't have any opinions.
If you have skills to pull off even a four-hour film, people will go and watch it.
Given a chance, I would love to romance Tabu. I wouldn't mind doing a film with Manisha Koirala, either. Or Madhuri Dixit.
If 'Befikre' was representing the new-age youth of India and romance as what it was claiming, it would have been great irrespective of the box-office numbers. But unfortunately, it didn't do that, and hence, I would not be interested.
If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better.
Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.
What keeps me going are my learnings, which I would rather call my 'experience,' and my urge to explore.
I cannot think that I am a good cricketer and just become one. For this, one needs skill.
The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can't completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.
I have songs that define characters from each film of mine. It can be a song from that particular film or something that just goes with the wavelength of the film; you listen to it, and it gives you that rhythm. I can't articulate how it helps, but it somehow gives you an understanding of the character.
Frankly, I'm an actor right now because of Shah Rukh. When I was in school and even when studying engineering, I used to watch his films.
If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.
My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.
I am learning the importance of living in the moment.
The more I learn about things, I realise how wrong I was before.
I never think about what people will think when they watch me on screen.
Whatever dream you have, be sure that it is going to be happen, and then forget about it. Then you have to come back to the present and be there 100 percent.
Money was a big differentiator when I was growing up, but I made sure it doesn't stay that way.
I was offered 10-12 films during the time that we were working on 'Paani.'
I have made a lot of mistakes, but I am proud of them all.
I pray to God every day that he makes me the biggest superstar, but before that, I ask God to make me a good actor. Being a star is hard, but being an actor is even harder. I want to be both before I am done.
I am not bothered with whether my characters are conventional or not. Because I am not in this for the designer labels and the autographs.
I despise women wearing too much makeup. It hides their actual beauty.
I will continue doing things irrespective of the medium as long as I'm excited about it.
When I am not acting or performing, I want to keep quiet and not to have a conversation.
When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.
We should never forget the inevitable, as we will lose everything eventually. So, why fret over any kind of security? The idea is to just fly and experience it all while it lasts.
You can't make two films at the same time.
I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.
The equation I share with the camera doesn't change whether you place a camera in front of me or a live audience. Just the pay cheques differ. But that doesn't matter to me because I've so much money, I don't even think about it. It's just lying there.
It's cruel to compare two actors working with two different filmmakers on two different characters.
Both Dhoni and me, we are so interested in what we are doing right now that we don't sit and think about future. This thing commands your attention because you love it so much. Your experience is not distorted by your fear or desire to attain something.
I am not lost. I am very much alive.
The best thing is to accept the circumstances, not take them personally, deal with them, stop complaining, and give everything your best.
I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I'm fine. I'm a shy person.
I really wanted to buy a Range Rover. It was a big dream, and the day I bought it, I was very happy, but by evening, I was immune to it. That's when I realized that excitement, if it's happiness, is not in reaching the goal but in the process. Thus process trumps over realization.
Along with some of my college friends, I would often bunk classes and drive to Murthal, which is about 50 km from New Delhi, just to have some piping hot parathas. There was this small roadside dhaba where they would serve absolutely delicious aloo parathas with dollops of butter.
Cricketers have to perform in front of millions, and there are no retakes. If then you become a hero, you deserve all the accolades coming your way.
For me, the opposite of happiness isn't sadness but boredom.
I can also romance a guy if I like the character and the script. Obviously, only in the film!
It took me 13 months just to prepare for 'M.S. Dhoni'... I started by watching every single video I could find of his, repeatedly. After three months, people who met me started saying that they could see similarities, and I knew I was on the right path.
My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He's the finest actor in Hollywood. I've studied his performances.
A man should definitely own a couple of blue denims, white crew neck T-shirt, a versatile blazer, comfortable pair of boxers, and coloured sneakers.
I was the youngest child and the only son. I was expected to shine in academics. It seemed like too big a risk to take up cricket as a career. I thought I had to live up to my family's expectations. So I chose to be an engineer.
Everything happening around me is very random. I am enjoying the phase, as the journey is far more enjoyable than the destination.
No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.
I have been blessed with strong leg muscles, and dancing really exercises one's legs.
My morning starts with some form of exercise, and I give two hours - from 5:30 to 7:30 A.M. - to my personal fitness.
Let me clear it once and for all: I was never offered 'Befikre.' But had I been offered, I wouldn't have done it.
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