Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Atul Kulkarni
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Last updated on November 5, 2024.
As a format, I have watched shows from the West. I have tried to understand what it is and how this format is treated by writers, directors, and actors. I have been studying this format for four to five years.
I don't act to prove anything to anyone. I like acting. It is the only profession I know.
In order to be a good director, you also need to be a good entrepreneur because the director is in charge of everything and everyone on the sets.
I have never accepted any random offers for the sake of being a regular face in the film industry.
I must say that the role in Hey Ram' is one of my favorites. It brought me a lot of acclaim and appreciation.
Reading a newspaper is as important to me as reading a script. Sitting in a cafe and drinking coffee is as important as going for a shoot.
After studying theatre from National School of Drama, theatre became a passion, an ambition.
I am enjoying the process of filmmaking and I might take up direction as well.
Be it any industry, what matters to me is the story as that is what the audience are primarily in a theatre for - to enjoy a good story.
It is always a pleasure to work with a Malayali crew, regardless of the language of the movie.
I am trying hard not to take on roles similar to what I have already done.
I put on 15 kg for my role as an amateur wrestler in the first half of the Marathi film Natrang.' Then, I lost 17 kg for the second half of the film where I play a nachya,' an effeminate character in traditional Marathi tamasha. The weight gain took 40 days and I lost weight in the next 40 odd days.
I love Hitchcock's films because even though you knew who did it right at the beginning, he still kept the audience engaged till the last frame.
I believe in listening to a script as an audience more than an actor.
There are many talented writers in Mollywood.
I have been working in seven languages.
Among books, one of my early favorites was Gurunath Naik, a Marathi novelist. His mysteries were very popular in the 70s.
I love working in multiple languages, and these days good films are being made across the country.
I had not set out to achieve something. I had left my home to act and am still acting in films.
No genre is easy. For an actor, it's a serious business even when he's essaying a funny character. In fact, comedy is more difficult.
For any film or any web show, the story dictates everything. If it is a good story, it obviously has good characters in it.
As an actor I like to be challenged all the time.
Circuit training is doing repeated exercises on machines without rest. It tones the sagging skin when one starts to lose weight fast.
My native place is Belgaum and I understand Kannada and have a flavor for acting in South Indian languages.
It's not that I am not being offered work in Bollywood but I seldom like any script.
I have always believed that awards are like accessories to a car. They are very similar to the rear view mirror in a car, which gives you the confidence to drive. They sure mean a lot; however, they are not the be-all and end-all of life.
As far as Raikar Case' is concerned, I give the entire credit to the writer because of the way they have written this show. It is extremely intriguing.
No regional cinema can compete with national cinema.
People might like an actor, but they love a star.
I won't be surprised if I stopped acting after some years because there are other things in life that interest me.
When you are acting in a film, you are only worried about your performance and how the film will shape up.
Kannada films are my way of reconnecting with Karnataka, which is close to my heart.
The success of Chandni Bar' at the box office was a huge boost at that time of my career.
Given a chance, I would wish to act along side Aamir Khan again.
I play roles that frighten me as an actor.
I started taking my dance seriously and I have been choreographing for corporate and television shows.
I had the Forrest Gump' DVD and started watching. While watching it, I had no intention of writing it. When I started watching it, I got some flashes that it can be adapted in Hindi. That's how it started.
If you have been accepted and appreciated in a particular role, the industry finds it convenient to slot you in that image. You can't blame them actually - a lot of money is involved.
As filmmakers are nervous while casting, they naturally tend to sign actors depending on what they've seen before.
It is important for an actor not to get stuck with an image.
We cannot compare Marathi cinema industry with other regional industries or even Hindi industry. It will be unfair for us. Every industry takes time to evolve.
My profession is very important but it's a small part of my life.
Nobody wants to make bad cinema.
Zero budget filmmaking is frustrating but also liberating.
TV is a comparatively younger medium in India. It will take some time to be mature. We need to have patience.
As a camera actor, you're constantly in touch with technology. First the technology came into existence and then film acting happened. So it's always going to lead us.
Film scripts are more important for me than the language of the film.
Ever since I had decided to study at the National School of Drama, New Delhi, I had wanted to take up acting as my profession.
As an actor, you always want to try something you haven't done before. For me, the uncomfortable zone is the one to enter.
History is a point of view always.
In Maharashtra, films are not as big as theatre. I think theatre is deeply rooted in this state's culture.
I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role or film. If, despite that, they hold it against me, I cannot help it. I cannot do things that I don't want to just to please someone else.
Meaningful cinema which lets me explore my talent to the fullest and with different roles is more important to me than just doing more and more films.
India has a cross section of audience whose cultural levels are varied. So where there are takers for Dabangg,' there are also audience for A Wednesday' and Peepli Live.'
When I came into this profession, my first condition to myself and my managers was that I don't want to work every day. As an actor you keep giving, so it's important for you to need the time to take things in.
I have worked with Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan but I believe that if you work hard and well enough in this industry, these are the people you end up with working with anyway.
I am not really missing theatre as I get to act in films, that too in different languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi, my mother tongue.
Web series is a new format, where everything, from the writing to storytelling is different. As an actor you have to approach it differently because you have a character which can go on for a long time. It is my duty to be on my toes, understand the new technology and adapt.
Whether I am going in the right direction or not is determined not just by awards but also by the kind of films I do and their success.
I have shot extensively in Kerala for various films and always loved the experience.
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