Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Victor Banerjee - Page 2

Commercial Bengali movies are all crass imitation of Telugu and Tamil movies. There are only a handful of directors like Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen and Gautam Ghose who make quality films.

I am a card holder of Uttarakhand. I fought for their freedom.

It's one thing to be chosen to play Dr. Aziz, but to play Christ, which is traditionally regarded as a blond and blue-eyed part, was a great thing.

Dr. Aziz is a very deep and meaty part, a gift part for any actor.

When I don't have the time to be in the Himalayas, I am in Bombay, Los Angles or N.Y. or Paris or wherever.

People believe I am selective. I am not. Directors pick me, not I them.

Hindi commercial cinema has denigrated women. We owe a debt of ingratitude to Bollywood for having insidiously polluted our culture covertly.

First of all, we need to condemn violence and terror without prejudice towards caste, creed or community. All citizens of all religions have been victims and perpetrators at the some time.

Whenever I go to deliver lectures in IAS academies, colleges and schools, I always try to bring in the northeast. It may be the bamboo of Mizoram or the various beautiful tribal cultures of Misings or Bodos.

My connection to Dima Hasao has been very old. As a child I used to visit the place and have always been mesmerized by its breathtaking beauty.

David Lean is very, very easy to get on with.

Bollywood is a cancer.

I grew up in the North-East so identifying with mountain people - their simplicity and honesty - comes naturally to me. I even call myself an honorary Garhwali.

My opinion of our Parliamentarians is shared by all of us who are victims of governors who have ruled over us selfishly.

At a time when the Nation is becoming a more parochial concept, Tagore's view of a liberal, open and a nation without borders and boundaries can give us hope and inspiration.

I badly wanted to play Dr. Aziz but I knew I wasn't going to get it. I didn't go to be interviewed until I finally was forced to by the director I was working with in Calcutta. I thought, they aren't going to give me that part. I didn't want to go there and be told I wasn't good enough, or that I didn't suit the part.

Hollywood represents a great deal of security for my family, and that is what I've come in search of.

Both Ram Gopal Varma and Subhash Ghai are great directors and it was a great experience working with them.

Our armed forces, not our parliament of dunces, are our pride. Doubting our armed forces' integrity and honesty is a disgraceful travesty.

I want to settle down in Mussorie. I'm in love with the Himalaya.

With age you tend to become intolerant and it becomes difficult to give your best in trying circumstances.

Street food has always made life and living in Calcutta so much more easy and attractive.

Bollywood offers great opportunities to actors who are willing to try out different kinds of roles.

I loved Peter Sellers whenever he played an Indian.

I am quite excited to play the role of Tagore.

'Apne' was a disaster. Anil Sharma hired me for three months, but it took a year-and-a-half.

The Calcutta public accepted me and put me where I am. I will always be grateful to them.

You know, the last time America sensationalized an actor from India, the man died a poor, miserable soul: He was Sabu, the elephant boy. He came here and was the toast of Hollywood. And he just went back to India and died a pauper.

While representing violence on screen, some directors tend to gloss over it while others glamorize it.

I am delighted that young filmmakers want me in their films. They have open minds and a fresh take on old attitudes. I derive a lot of energy from them. Most of all, I find their love and respect utterly disarming.

I have acted in 'Unfreedom' and I know that I will be there in 'Ayodhya.'

Tagore almost invented the term multiculturalism. It's good to see it taking form.

My heart belongs to the Dimasa people and to the people of the northeast.

The worst thing is that filmmaking is an expensive medium and money corrupts cinema right at the beginning.

I got 'Jogger's Park' perhaps because one fellow Bengali Sachin Bhowmick, who's the writer of the movie, recommended my name. Then Ram Gopal Varma was kind enough to offer me a role in 'Bhoot.'

Democracy in a socialist country is freedom in chains.

I've been involved with disability activities for over 40 years. I have done programs with several disabled children and involving them makes the performance genuinely heartwarming.

I was very fortunate I was able to live at least a few years of my life in the tort of opulent Victorian era. It helps romanticize your view of life.

One of the greatest attributes most Hindus have is acceptance.