Zitat des Tages von Anupam Kher:
I think if you laugh at your troubles and tell the whole world what went wrong, you can't be frightened by anything.
I am aware that as an actor, I can blame others for the failure of a film, the director, the script, choice of co-stars, timing of the release and so on. But now, as the director, I will have to shoulder all the blame.
I think in my mother tongue. That's Hindi.
I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.
It is important to be financially savvy when you turn producer. As a director, you just need to have a good script in hand.
I was 28 when I played the role of a 65 year old man in my first film.
Our cinema has evolved in last 60 years because we have made people happy through our films. The main purpose of our storyline is to spread happiness. Our cinema has an emotional connect.
I was born in a poor family, a lower middle class family. My father was a clerk in the forest department. I was very bad at studies. I was not very good at sports, also.
I enjoy being recognized. I'll be very sad if people stop recognizing me. I'll be very sad if I'm not interviewed, because that's a very amazing process.
Drama school, you know, I own an acting school, Actor Prepares.
I'm not a cribber, or someone who criticises. People who criticise are not doers. I'm a doer.
An actor is only a part of the film, not the whole, and very often, he is moulded by the director. That is why a good director can make so much difference to a film.
I discovered that the world frightens you with your shortcomings, but if you do not worry about it, you are liberated.
I'm very happy doing what I'm doing; I don't think I'm prepared to devote my time to politics. When I am, I'd like to give it 100%. I'm not in the frame of mind, and I'm too greedy an actor to do that.
I've done 480-odd films, have my own acting school, won awards, etc. and now host a successful TV chat show - what else can I ask for? Yes, of course, every journey has its ups and downs, but that's part of life.
Practice makes an actor excel. It is like cycling and motor driving. It is an art, which can be learnt and practised.
Success is boring... failure is exciting and more entertaining.
In India, film sets are like a family atmosphere.
I don't think that I will say that we are less talented in Bollywood, but our functioning is different. We cater to a different kind of audience.
I was neither good in sports nor at studies, but I always wanted to stand out and be noticed.
I speak for Kashmiri pundits because injustice has been done to them, and the political discourse doesn't give them enough importance.
Harper Collins gave me a letter of intent saying that they want me to pen down my autobiography. When I was recollecting the incidents of my life for that, I selected only those incidents which were turning points in my life. I staged it instead of writing it.
I cannot take away the fact I am a small-town boy from India, from a lower-middle class family, and was actually standing in front of De Niro - not on an equal level, but as an actor, on the same pedestal.
My first Hindi film as a leading man was Mahesh Bhatt's 'Saaransh,' which immediately established me as someone who knows the craft.
I've always been the most vocal person socially about things that I feel are important.
Every time I've crossed to a new level of film acting, the film has been a breakthrough project.
Our school not only makes you an actor, it makes you understand who you actually are as well... it gives you discipline and punctuality. It also teaches you a way of life.
In day-to-day life, our brain sends lots of signals. In acting, there are no signals. You have to believe in what you are trying to portray.
Actors in the film industry are usually wary of expressing their opinions on the issues of the day, politics especially.
Birthdays are meant for special occasions.
I had spent many days hungry; had slept on railway stations at times because I did not have money to pay for a hotel room... there were moments when I felt I had compromised my dignity as a human being and as an actor.