Abhay Deol Quotes

Abhay Deol is an Indian actor known for his performances in independent and unconventional films. He has garnered critical acclaim for his roles in movies like "Dev.D," "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!," and "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara." Deol's acting talent and choice of roles have made him a respected figure in Indian cinema.

The kind of content I want to be part of is hardly... -Abhay Deol

The kind of content I want to be part of is hardly made.

I have cheated. But I don't regret it because we were not serious. I wouldn't have ever done it if I were serious about the girl.

The Deol family is very close knit and emotional.... -Abhay Deol

The Deol family is very close knit and emotional.

As long as it excites me, I am game for it.... -Abhay Deol

As long as it excites me, I am game for it.

I really want to do a film with my uncle and my cousins. I'm sure it will be really interesting to work with them.

Lot of people liked me in 'Manorama Six feet Under,' 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye,' 'Dev D' and 'Shanghai' and the only common thing in all these films is that when we were making them we never thought they would work. The ones that did not work were safe films.

There should be a tacit code or understanding among privileged people not to endorse things that give others an inferiority complex.

I'm not cut out to play a filmi hero. I don't look... -Abhay Deol

I'm not cut out to play a filmi hero. I don't look like a hero.

The craziest thing I've done for love? Put my life... -Abhay Deol

The craziest thing I've done for love? Put my life on hold.

It's not that I don't want to do different films. The non-mainstream stuff that I did started to get successful... But for an industry which runs essentially on money, they do put you in a box.

I read about myself in the papers all the time.... -Abhay Deol

I read about myself in the papers all the time.

If I look at Dad's earlier work - 'Bandini,' 'Satyakam,' 'Chupke Chupke,' 'Jeevan Mrityu' - and then his later work, I realize that when something works, the industry doesn't want you to do anything else. They just typecast and milk you.

I always pick characters where it's not his muscles or dance skills that help him, because not all of us can look like that. I am more like someone who'd beat up ten guys, not with his muscles, but his strategy.

I don't even know if I'd get married. Time will te... -Abhay Deol

I don't even know if I'd get married. Time will tell.

I was termed 'choosy' because when an actor decides to go against the wind and takes on only non-formula films, he is not left with much choice.

I am most attracted to characters and stories that I can relate to. The traditional formula of 'larger than life' I never found attractive.

If we are not affected by our environment, then we have somewhere become insensitive. It might be good in a way because you might not be affected by anything and be calm always.

I'd rather point a finger at myself than others.... -Abhay Deol

I'd rather point a finger at myself than others.

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a... -Abhay Deol

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.

We all have to find a cause we believe in and pursue it. Sometimes it may cost you your job, your personal life, your love life, etc.

I believe there are two kinds of journalists. One who sells a story by being creative, and one who sells a story by being sensationalist.

'One by Two' is a film about two people who live in the same city and do certain things that affect each other's lives. Yet, they are strangers. It's difficult to put the film in any particular genre or box.

I can be lazy, don't get me wrong. But it's not laziness that's holding me back, it's the system where I don't fit in.

A decade down the line, I don't want to sit back and think that I didn't do anything to stop disasters like the extinction of certain species.

I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.

Fortunately, I got critic and audience acceptance ... -Abhay Deol

Fortunately, I got critic and audience acceptance much earlier than industry acceptance.

Larger-than-life roles have never excited me. I'd rather play someone real who goes through obstacles and becomes a hero.

Tamil for me is my cousin Esha. I even told her that I was preparing to play a Tamilian and asked her if she could teach me the language.

I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to d... -Abhay Deol

I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.

N.Y. is like second home to me. I love that city. I have lived there for a couple of years and it's always a pleasure to go back there.

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