Naseeruddin Shah

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

Actors have to learn that they are as important to a movie as the camera is, as important as the sound is,…

— Naseeruddin Shah

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

The film industry does not interest me greatly. The people, I don't mingle with them much. I meet them when I have…

— Naseeruddin Shah

When I was 14 and went on the stage for the first time, it stimulated me so much that I was convinced…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I don't want any memorials or a grave which my children would have to look after or feel guilty about. I don't…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I think our cinema has stayed in its adolescent stage largely because of our obsession with and our dependence upon stars to…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I never go to film festivals. I am allergic to them.

— Naseeruddin Shah

It was the '70s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That's when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all…

— Naseeruddin Shah

When I first dreamt of becoming a movie star, I wanted to be a Gary Cooper: I wanted to be rich and…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I don't scoff at the desire to make good movies. I scoff at the quality at poseurs masquerading as masters of the…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I realise that I have made quite a few of the same mistakes with my kids that my dad made: not so…

— Naseeruddin Shah

It would be impossible to find an actor to portray Om Puri, so I wouldn't even attempt it.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Sometimes, more money is spent on promotion of a film than the making of it. I don't understand that logic. The movie…

— Naseeruddin Shah

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…

— Naseeruddin Shah

An actor can never voice his opinion through films. All an actor does is convey what the director and writer want to…

— Naseeruddin Shah

It's a blessing to stay a child all your life - pretend to be this and that. And get paid for it.

— Naseeruddin Shah

It's completely beyond comprehension that you just can't say anything without offending somebody or the other.

— Naseeruddin Shah

When I saw Spencer Tracy in 'The Old Man and the Sea,' I realised the distinction between being an actor and a…

— Naseeruddin Shah

My agent wanted me to audition for Dumbledore's character after Richard Harris died. I was asked if I would like to audition…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I don't look at my work as an avenue for generating more work. For me, my work itself is sufficient.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Nowhere else, perhaps, is the Quran recited so much and understood so little as in India.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Somehow, Hindi movies never took me in the same way Hollywood films did. Even at the age of five or six, I…

— Naseeruddin Shah