If Rajpal Yadav will be known by a name the reason behind it will only be Rajpal Yadav and no one else.
I tried to keep the Raj Kapoor spirit. Everybody is not a Raj Kapoor.
The way Raj Kapoor saab acted and directed all his life, I don't think there is anyone today who can even touch him. He was also from a theatre background. I consider him the teacher of creativity.
Like every day, the sun's rays are different, so is Rajpal Yadav.
My casting in 'Uncle On The Rocks' is like Rajpal Yadav being cast as Shahenshah or Akbar.
People have often asked me to do a remake of Awara' with Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor. When I took the idea few steps forward, we all got scared. Where will we get another Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kappor? Where will I get composers like Shankar-Jaikishen?
I love comedy but I am Rajpal Yadav. I am not a comedian.
A hero today must be Raj Kapoor, Sunil Dutt, Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan rolled into one. These are the six hero slots in Hindi cinema and an actor must be able to play all if he wants a long innings.
My son was named after my father, whose name was Ranbir Raj Kapoor.
No one can be like Raj Kapoor as far as his vision is concerned, not even me.
Someone like Raj Kapoor is born once in 100 years. He was a one-man circus all by himself.
As soon as a big amount is involved, the producer looks for a bankable face. No producer will make a Rs 20 crore film starring Rajpal Yadav and Johny Lever, as we cannot pull an entire film on our shoulders. Yet, we do get roles.
My wife's half-Indian, her father's from Uganda and she was born in Canada. Her sister speaks French and their family speaks a little Gujarati, and I'm talking about Gujarati from 1940! And just think - Rajpal Yadav in the middle of all this. What a contrast!
In my opinion, the biggest achievement was by Shankar-Jaikishan. With Raj Kapoor's 'Barsaat,' they changed the way we looked at playback singing.
There are three things. Either somebody invested Rs 5 crore or somebody loaned this much money. The third thing is that Rajpal Yadav was involved in a fraud. Only one of these three things can be right. Please let me know which of these I am getting punished for.
I am very happy for the respect shown towards my father, Raj Kapoor-ji, the greatest showman of Hindi cinema.