A biography for Chunky Pandeyhasn’t been written yet.
“I find doing emotional scenes very tough, it is very challenging for me.”
“I had started doing Bangladeshi films. You can say most of my aspirations of being an actor got fulfilled there but I also lost out as an actor here back home.”
“I am an extremely adventurous eater and an avid lover of spicy food.”
“What I want to do now is to play a dark character. I want a role that taps into my dark side and it will be a refreshing change for me after all the comic roles.”
“When I came back to Hindi cinema, I realized a generation had forgotten me completely.”
“You have to write your own story, your own graph and rhythm.”
“My mother was a doctor and so I spent a lot of time with Hirabai, our maid. One day, she got home and saw Hirabai bouncing me on her lap and cooing, 'Chunky, chunky.' She liked the name and it stuck.”
“If there's anything I love after my wife and my kids, it's my toilet. I am king there.”
“People tell me ridiculous things and then say they're joking. Like, at the Dubai immigration, the officer told me that I've been banned from Dubai. I almost started crying which is when he said that he was joking!”
“I always listen to my director and never argue with him.”
“The most important and invaluable lesson I've learnt in the past 20 years of being in filmdom is to never look back.”
“I get very excited when I see Govinda on-screen. I love him. What a great actor, there is no better actor than him in the country.”
“Evil will always exist in this world.”
“Since childhood, I have always rooted for the villains. I would wish the villain beat the hero and get away with everything.”
“I believe an actor should be shameless.”
“If in the first 30 seconds, a comedian cannot bring a smile to your face, he is not an entertainer.”
“I have never won a single award - National or Filmfare - and I just hope they don't give me a Lifetime Achievement Award because I won't accept it.”
“There have been number of films that have been made with Mumbai as a backdrop or a character. 'Company,' 'Life In A Metro,' 'Ek Chalis Ki Last Local' - they all have presented Mumbai in a different manner.”
“I have realized that there is no point doing a small film.”
“To stand up against Amitabh Bachchan in 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan,' you need to be a good actor to be able to do that.”