I have always felt that promoting somebody else's mistake as a superlative product is not my cup of tea.
— Nana Patekar
Trends keep changing, but I have and will always do what I like to do!
I run a printing press from where I get my bread. If at all I get any butter, it comes from acting.
What is the difference between me and a criminal? My crimes were not caught. Those of us whose crimes were not caught are on this side of the fence while criminals have been condemned on the other side.
I do just a film a year and so have a lot of time.
I want to do films like 'As Good as it Gets' or 'Analyze This.'
I don't understand how people do so many films at the same time. For me, two films a year.
Farmers will not see good days unless their produce gets a guaranteed price. Even a notebook, a pen, or a soap has a price printed on it, but the milk that farmers sell do not have any price.
'Khamoshi' gave me the chance to prove that expressions can also say what dialogue could.
People have been unkind to me, but I do not want to swear vengeance. I am a simple human being.
I have always wanted to be an actor. I was just five when I started acting.
Soldiers are the biggest heroes. No one can be a bigger hero than them.
You shouldn't think about the fate of the films. The film might succeed or fail, but your performance must be good. You should work hard for every film.
The police and the army do their job honestly and sincerely. They are devoted to the country.
Bipasha is a very sincere and professional actor.
I always do one film at a time.
Cooking is like doing yoga. There is a lot of satisfaction in cooking food for others.
I'm a very simple and calm man, but when the camera is switched on, acting begins.
I don't like talking about bygones.
Nobody can do a Govinda as well as Govinda can.
Pu La's writing is multi-layered, multi-faceted, and deep.
Mature roles full of substance the kind played by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino - my favourite actors - is what I want to do.
I play the piano, paint, and go for trekking.
That's me: success and failure don't affect me.
Theatre has taught me a lot, and I am sure there will be a lot to learn.
I came from the theatre. I would prefer to spend more time there.
When I was just 13 years old, I even painted cinema posters.
Actors are bedbugs in front of the nation. We don't have any worth.
I can't dance, but I have tried it in 'Kohram.'
If you are serious about your work, honest and straight-forward, you are labelled eccentric.
When you serve the country selflessly, that is your greatest contribution to the country.
I wouldn't say I have a bad temper.
My mother is a very strong woman. We were seven kids; five of them passed away. My elder brother and I are alive. My mother lost five kids, her husband, her parents and siblings. But she is so strong, she is living for the people who are alive.
I am a better cook than actor.
I would like to address the issue of farmers through my craft - my films. But, the sad part is that such films win awards but don't get any rewards at the BO.
I will never join politics under any circumstances.
If I would have not been in films, I would have become an anti-social element.
Pu La was like a father figure to people of my generation. I thank him for the characters his literary works offered us. They personify full-fledged human beings and have always given me company.
Acting was just a hobby; I never needed butter from it.
I believe in sharing and contributing to society without being in politics.
When you refer to terra entities, you ornately say Mother Nature and Mother Earth. How much honour and care do all of us accord to any of the three - including our real life mother?
Though I have maintained proximity with all political parties, politics is not my cup of tea; my mission to speak against all wrongs will continue.
More than anything else, I love to act and leave the rest to my director.
Always let your work talk for yourself. No matter how much you give interviews or how much you are written about, it is always the performance which counts.
Pakistani actors and everything come later, but first comes my country. I don't know anyone apart from my country, and nor would I like to know anyone.
My role was very good and different in 'Khamoshi.'
When I don't feel like working, I don't.
That is my style. I work when I feel like working.
I would have loved to work with Satyajit Ray.
My cooking style is exactly like my mother's.
