Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Victor Banerjee
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Really, I've had enough of fame. Now I just want money.
When Western filmmakers look for an Indian they want him to play a snake charmer, a chauffeur or a peanut vendor.
Perhaps it is that great suffering is necessary to produce great art.
I loved working with Ram Gopal Varma in 'Bhoot.' Surprisingly, he remembered my earlier performances and narrated them to me frame by frame when we met for the first time.
The floors were so sparkling clean you could eat off them. But we only ate off silver. Our grapes were imported from Persia. When my mother married, 10 English sergeants guarded her gifts of jewelry.
Age isn't an attraction. Imagination is.
I'm a person who believes in rules.
Playing an Anglo Indian was very easy for me because I have grown up in Kolkata, and I have many Anglo Indian friends.
I have to keep the kitchen running, so I can't stop acting in commercial films.
Everybody is a film critic today, just like everybody who has a DSLR or a mobile phone is a photographer today. But, a saturation point will come some day.
Bachchan is the luckiest man on earth. No one knows the nuance of the Hindi language or can incorporate elements from stage on to the Hindi cinema the way he does.
I carry too much baggage... the baggage of David Lean, Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal.
We all mouth the fact that material possessions don't make you happy but we still pursue them.
I've reached a stage and an age in my career where I need to do work that keeps me economically and emotionally comfortable. And for that I need to get into spaces that don't require me to make too many compromises with my beliefs as an an actor.
We see so much violence in films, whether it is Bollywood or south films. People are shown blowing up each other onscreen. It's like a seed that is planted and you keep feeding it with small doses. It's cancerous and does affect society.
If you watch some movies, it would appear that India has free gun license like the U.S.
An actor must have the sincerity to what he is doing. So you can't take things lightly, you have to be serious every time.
I am drawn more towards Russian films owing to their compelling camera work, because of my own inclination towards cinematography.
I find peace in the forests and mountains.
If 'Passage' works, then maybe they will ask me to play James Bond; if not, then I will play the villain.
Make it compulsory that at least four weeks in a year the theaters have to screen local films and let them choose the time. That's how you have to encourage the industry.
Sometimes I am surprised by the kind of roles that are offered to me.
Creating one unified body in addressing the issue of disability will help the disabled.
I think Rajinikanth is the biggest Indian star. While others do facelifts and wear wigs, he gets paid three times more than any Bollywood star and even gives interviews where he is bald!
Tamilians, I believe, are the most intelligent people.
I was born a Hindu, I shall die a Hindu.
My father was a well-known sportsperson during his time. He brought me up under strict discipline like the ex-Armyman that he was.
I have always admired the Russian cinema, their incisive storytelling, sharp camera work and brilliant acting in them. Indian filmmakers can learn a lot from it.
The Dimasa people are one of the gentlest people I have come across. They are wonderful people.
I personally think our national anthem is not patriotic enough. There is another poem by Dwijendralal Ray called 'Dhono Dhanne Pushpe Bhora,' which is more soul-stirring as a national anthem.
I can play lots of nationalities: Greeks, South Americans, Arabs, all sorts.
It was a wonderful childhood. They spoiled me rotten.
My mortal Guru was my Irish-Christian brother who taught me how to do everything and gave me my moral values. My spiritual Guru are my parents.
We Bengalis are querulous, arrogant, oversensitive and far, far too emotional. We cry too often and laugh too hard. We wave our passions like bright flags. Calcutta is our city.
When I was a young man, it was very fashionable not to have the sacred thread ceremony, and among very respectable families, mind you. As a rebel, I decided to do it.
We north-easterners are less manipulative and less complex and people living there are much happier than the rest of the country.
Bengali serials are far superior than their Mumbai counterparts.
If you are not taught Tagore in school, your association is limited to reciting the National Anthem.
It is pitiful working in the industry and I see the flaws all the time. Though, if I have to watch something, then I prefer either horror or comedy because I don't know how those genres really work.
I live in Mussoorie. I love my birds and Himalayas. There is always a new mountain to climb and mountains keep coming to me.
I can spend a part of every month in Kolkata. The rest of the time I can be in Mussourie.
I don't market myself too well. I just get odd offers once in a while.
My father was a tea planter and I grew up in different parts of Assam as his job took him there.
The Himalayas make you insignificant. When you are trekking in the mountains of the Himalayas and finally you reach the top exhausted and completely wiped out; you look down and you see nothing. For hundreds of miles you see just hills, mountains and mist; when you look up from your sleeping bag at night you can see just stars.
The rich have lots of money. The wealthy have lots of time. I've done enough to have lots of time today to watch sunrises and get drenched in the rain.
I had the most amazing childhood in the natural surroundings of Assam.
'Kalyug' and 'A Passage to India' did get me a lot of recognition and acclamation. But for some reason I stopped getting offers from Bollywood after that.
There's no such thing as an easy role. Every part, you take it lightly and it will get screwed.
'As The River Flows' is an important Assamese film with a message for everybody to ponder upon.
I don't know if I am confident about my art, but I certainly am committed to it.
I'm very proud of my performance in 'Bow Barracks Forever.' This was one of my most enjoyable experiences.
The relationship between Victoria Ocampo and Tagore is something every Bengali has heard about and there is a mystery attached to it. This mystery is enough to attract an actor.
As for 'Jogger's Park,' it was refreshing to work with Anant Balani. As a director he's cool as a cucumber.
I have said a lot of 'yeses' to lots of first-time film-makers. Lots, lots, lots. I admire them a lot, I respect them a lot. It is of greatest pride to be working with someone's first film - like being given a Nobel Prize or an Oscar.
I was so happy when grown men cried watching my performance with my screen son Sanjay Suri in 'My Brother Nikhil.'
My wife Maya Bhate is from Pune. My daughters Diya and Keya, and I, are regular visitors to the city, since her family is based here.
I think I needed to move on from Bengal.
I always like science fiction.
To this day my father cringes when he has to tell friends, 'My son's a movie actor.'
There are quality films being made in all languages, whether in Hindi cinema, Bengali or the south. Bollywood doesn't represent Indian cinema, per say.
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