Film Quotes by Om Puri

In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.

— Om Puri

When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and it became a kind…

— Om Puri

I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well,…

— Om Puri

I was very sensitive to the environment around, and this disparity in people, seeing beggars and laborers not paid well, used to disturb me.…

— Om Puri

Our stars are quite notorious. I mean, they don't show up on time. This is, you know, something which is very, very annoying.

— Om Puri

Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet her when we would be…

— Om Puri

What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.

— Om Puri

We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now…

— Om Puri

The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and I tell him, 'Where's the…

— Om Puri

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost…

— Om Puri

It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial…

— Om Puri

Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.

— Om Puri

I feel even old people can do a nice love story, but here we don't make that kind of films. In the West, such…

— Om Puri

Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

— Om Puri

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

— Om Puri