44 Naseeruddin Shah Quotes for You to Enjoy

Naseeruddin Shah

Indian Actor

Born: Jul 20, 1949

Actor Cinema Good Me People You

Related authors: Amitabh Bachchan Deep Roy Kamal Haasan Pawan Kalyan Rajinikanth Ram Charan Shah Rukh Khan Suriya

I am never comfortable working with stars. Naseeruddin Shah

Stars Never Comfortable Am Working

An actor can never voice his opinion through films. All an actor does is convey what the director and writer want to say. You are a mouthpiece of their ideas. Your ideas reflect only in your choice of movies. Naseeruddin Shah

Nobody can send me to Pakistan. India is my country, and I love my country. Five generations of my family have lived and died on this land, and even my children will live in this country because this is my homeland. Naseeruddin Shah

Love Family Me Will Country Live India Generations Nobody Because Five Send Died Children Land Even Homeland Lived Pakistan

It was the '70s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That's when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all his success, I think Mr. Khanna was a very limited actor. In fact, he was a poor actor. Naseeruddin Shah

Success Think Mediocrity Films Fact Joined He Industry Hindi Limited Came His Very In Fact Poor Actor

I think our cinema has stayed in its adolescent stage largely because of our obsession with and our dependence upon stars to make our movies. The stars, being only too human, realise that this is the case, and so they milk it for whatever it's worth, and who can blame them? Naseeruddin Shah

Blame Cinema Worth Whatever Stage Stars Think Too Our Stayed Case Adolescent Only Obsession Make Because Dependence Human Being Realise Movies Them Who Largely Milk

Actors have to learn that they are as important to a movie as the camera is, as important as the sound is, and less important than the script is. Naseeruddin Shah

Important Learn Sound Camera Than Movie Script Less Actor

When I first dreamt of becoming a movie star, I wanted to be a Gary Cooper: I wanted to be rich and famous, living in palaces and wearing dark glasses and white suits. Naseeruddin Shah

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There was a time when I only wanted to show off, but as I've grown older, I've realised that acting isn't an end in itself. You act to communicate something, and if you have to use an accent or become thin or fat, that's part of your job. Naseeruddin Shah

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I realise that I have made quite a few of the same mistakes with my kids that my dad made: not so much in trying to determine their lives for them but in terms of trying to discipline them. Naseeruddin Shah

Discipline Made Mistakes Few Kids Determine Terms Trying Same Same Mistakes Quite Realise Them Much Dad Lives

There are a lot of people in my family who should have become actors. Naseeruddin Shah

Family People Become Lot Should Who Actor

As an actor, you have got to learn your job as thoroughly as you can. If you know your job, then there's nothing that can stop you. Because the bottom line is that only good actors will get work. Naseeruddin Shah

I do what work I get. I'm disappointed half the time. Naseeruddin Shah

Work Time Half Disappointed Half The Time Get

There is no such thing as serious cinema in India. Naseeruddin Shah

Cinema India Serious Thing

To me, the most important elements in a theatre are the actors and the texts. Naseeruddin Shah

Me Theatre Important Most Texts The Most Important Elements Actor

Everyone equates good cinema with boring shots and boring films - where a character takes 10 minutes to walk down a corridor, and still nothing happens at the end of the shot. Those films tried to be cool and fashionable by dispensing with drama, which, in my opinion, is absolute nonsense. Naseeruddin Shah

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Humans are the only ones who are the custodians of other people's morals. Naseeruddin Shah

People Other Morals Only Custodian Who Humans

Hindi cinema has only one religion, and that's money. Naseeruddin Shah

Religion Money Cinema Only Hindi

I was never turned down because I was a Muslim. I was turned down because I was not right for the part. Naseeruddin Shah

Down Muslim Never Part Because Turned Right

A family business in cinema is not necessarily creative. It is generally about prolonging your family fortune. Naseeruddin Shah

Family Business Creative Cinema About Generally Family Business Your Fortune Necessarily

Learning a craft is up to you, whether you are doing theatre or movies. Naseeruddin Shah

You Learning Theatre Doing Up Craft Whether Movies

Any youngster who comes to me and says he wants to act, I tell him to complete his education first because, for too long, uneducated actors have ruled the roost in the acting world. Naseeruddin Shah

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