A biography for Abhay Deolhasn’t been written yet.
“It's scary to work with family, alongside my brothers and uncle. I can't imagine myself screaming at them even in front of the camera.”
“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 most attracted to characters and stories that I can relate to. The traditional formula of 'larger than life' I never found attractive.”
“As a kid I wanted to run away from home every time I got a scolding for being naughty but I never did. Knowing now what happens to unprotected kids on the streets I'm glad I didn't.”
“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.”
“After 'Socha Na Tha' flopped, nobody wanted to work with me. I became very bitter and angry. So now when the industry and the audience accept me, I feel more empowered.”
“It was really good working with Paresh Rawal. I was nervous at first because he is such a big star and I love his performances, but the initial nervousness went away once I got to know him. He is a very simple and hardworking man.”
“I always wanted my work to speak for itself but I realized you have to show people a little bit of yourself and interact with them, especially before your film releases.”
“I grew up in this industry. I've seen fame up close.”
“If you perceive someone to be stylish then even if they are shabbily dressed you would consider that as a new style statement.”
“I have always been up for risks, but only because I had full confidence and faith in the vision of my directors.”
“After being an actor, producing 'One By Two' was a natural progression.”
“We have 5000-year-old history which is now almost a part of our DNA. How do you break that? America, for example, doesn't have that history behind it. It romanticizes rebellion. We look down upon rebellion. It's an insult. To think out-of-the-box is looked down upon here.”
“I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.”
“In real life I don't chant. Nor do I believe in idol worship.”
“I'm not cut out to play a filmi hero. I don't look like a hero.”
“The only sense marriage makes is to share property, your children inherit the name and all that... it is all legal reasons to get married and no reason for love.”
“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.”
“Love has no nationality for me. I have a preference for dark skin but that's just superficial.”
“'Basra' is high on content, but a good dose of action sequences will make it edgy and pretty dark as well.”