Amitabh Bachchan

“I would rather talk to a face than a camera.”

“I've accepted that I was a failure in politics. I was not qualified for the job.”

“I don't have anything in particular to achieve; I don't want to go any particular direction. I just want to take up the challenges of life as we go along.”

“I think, in any profession, what you fear most is not being able to perform, about not being able to meet new challenges. The fear of non-acceptance, particularly if in creative art. What happens if the audiences do not like you anymore!”

“I think no actor should be ever satisfied because there is always something new to do, something fresh to get challenged by.”

“Personally, when a controversy erupts, we decide first whether it requires clarification and, secondly, if it receives notice from authorities and the establishment, we submit responses to their queries.”

“I feel a burden if I don't write.”

“It's a war zone, my body, and one which has been through a great deal.”

“The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just phenomenal. No wonder I became religious, because you don't know why something's happening to you and you don't know how you bounced back.”

“Yes, every venture is always filled with apprehensions. But if we were to conduct ourselves continuously on that aspect, then we would lose the most important reason to be in this profession: to challenge the art of and be part of what is commonly known as our creative instincts.”

“I want to perform and be tested; I want the vibrant energy of the younger generation of directors and actors to rub off on me.”

“Obviously, you look for something that is commensurate with your age. You know that you can't be playing the young hero anymore, and you have to be relegated to something smaller and something elderly, and you just try and do your best.”

“Ram Gopal Varma is a most noteworthy talent and has given us some very valuable iconic films. I enjoy working with him.”

“As a creative agency, the film industry is thinking great subjects, presenting them wonderfully well, and giving opportunity to new faces each day.”

“I really felt good after working in a film like 'Piku,' as many people could relate to my character. I got letters from my fans telling me how my character resembles to their grandparents.”

“My opening words to anybody I hire are, 'I'm an extremely vulnerable person.'”

“Very rarely have I had the opportunity to say lines which I would have said even if I wasn't working in a film.”

“Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability.”

“I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I'm quite amazed sometimes by the way they go about it. I grow a beard and it lands up in the editorial in The Times of India.”

“I guess I've been extremely keen on theatre, on getting on to the stage, taking on different roles, enacting vocations, personalities, people, situations, and I guess that's the interest that has driven me to work in movies.”