Naseeruddin Shah

Acting is learnt, not taught.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Film industry people don't read books.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I am the king of old school romance.

— Naseeruddin Shah

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

Given a choice, I prefer directing a play to a film.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I have the highest regard for the police forces.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Being good or evil has nothing to do with religion.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I do enjoy thinking about the past.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I have done practically everything that I wanted to do in my life.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Finally, I have realised that it is important to look good.

— Naseeruddin Shah

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

The only serious function films can serve is to act as a record of their times.

— Naseeruddin Shah

'Bombay Boys' is among my favourite movies and my favourite performance of myself.

— Naseeruddin Shah

In theatre, there is a unique feeling of everyone working as a team, which you never get in films.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Granted, patriotism is not a tonic that can be forced down people's throats.

— Naseeruddin Shah

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

I have gone into every project with the same enthusiasm and the same hope, but some have worked out, and some haven't.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I've always found people with physical disabilities interesting to watch: how the dynamics of their body work, what makes them move this…

— 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

If I criticize my country, it is indeed very painful for me. It doesn't make me happy. But, if I see something…

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

Acting is no longer a taboo. The stigma has gone because people have realised that it's a perfectly valid career choice.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Shakespeare is a seminal story-teller. I don't think he imagined he was writing classics or that he was writing great poetry. I…

— 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

From playwrights I had never heard of and performance forms I had never seen to sculpture and painting, I gained immense experience…

— 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

My relationship with my father still troubles me because it never got resolved, and there was no closure. There was a lot…

— Naseeruddin Shah

Everyone equates good cinema with boring shots and boring films - where a character takes 10 minutes to walk down a corridor,…

— Naseeruddin Shah

There are some movies that you feel like doing because of the script. Some because it sounds like fun, some because that's…

— Naseeruddin Shah

Undeniable though it is that many Indian Muslims misguidedly consider Pakistan their haven, the immeasurably greater number who take intense pride in…

— Naseeruddin Shah

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

There is no such thing as serious cinema in India.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I am from a place called Sardhana, which is near Meerut.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I am never comfortable working with stars.

— Naseeruddin Shah

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

— Naseeruddin Shah

Acting is fun, but directing is very stressful.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Don't opt for acting as an escape from education.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I don't think cinema has the power to change anybody's life.

— Naseeruddin Shah

The magic of theatre is how much can you stimulate the mind of the audience, not how many illusions you can create.

— Naseeruddin Shah