Om Puri Quotes

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• It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema…
• I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
• What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.
• When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and it became a kind of…
• I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.
• Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.
• Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
• I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.
• In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.
• We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now these…
• Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never…
• As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.
• I was very sensitive to the environment around, and this disparity in people, seeing beggars and laborers not paid well, used to disturb me. So…
• I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If you want to give a serious…
• Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.

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