A biography for Victor Banerjeehasn’t been written yet.
“Bollywood offers great opportunities to actors who are willing to try out different kinds of roles.”
“People believe I am selective. I am not. Directors pick me, not I them.”
“I live in Mussoorie. I love my birds and Himalayas. There is always a new mountain to climb and mountains keep coming to me.”
“As for 'Jogger's Park,' it was refreshing to work with Anant Balani. As a director he's cool as a cucumber.”
“If you are not taught Tagore in school, your association is limited to reciting the National Anthem.”
“I was born a Hindu, I shall die a Hindu.”
“We Bengalis are querulous, arrogant, oversensitive and far, far too emotional. We cry too often and laugh too hard. We wave our passions like bright flags. Calcutta is our city.”
“David Lean is very, very easy to get on with.”
“I can play lots of nationalities: Greeks, South Americans, Arabs, all sorts.”
“Tamilians, I believe, are the most intelligent people.”
“My mortal Guru was my Irish-Christian brother who taught me how to do everything and gave me my moral values. My spiritual Guru are my parents.”
“The Himalayas make you insignificant. When you are trekking in the mountains of the Himalayas and finally you reach the top exhausted and completely wiped out; you look down and you see nothing. For hundreds of miles you see just hills, mountains and mist; when you look up from your sleeping bag at night you can see just stars.”
“It's one thing to be chosen to play Dr. Aziz, but to play Christ, which is traditionally regarded as a blond and blue-eyed part, was a great thing.”
“My father was a tea planter and I grew up in different parts of Assam as his job took him there.”
“I carry too much baggage... the baggage of David Lean, Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal.”
“I am delighted that young filmmakers want me in their films. They have open minds and a fresh take on old attitudes. I derive a lot of energy from them. Most of all, I find their love and respect utterly disarming.”
“I personally think our national anthem is not patriotic enough. There is another poem by Dwijendralal Ray called 'Dhono Dhanne Pushpe Bhora,' which is more soul-stirring as a national anthem.”
“The relationship between Victoria Ocampo and Tagore is something every Bengali has heard about and there is a mystery attached to it. This mystery is enough to attract an actor.”
“Hollywood represents a great deal of security for my family, and that is what I've come in search of.”
“I am a card holder of Uttarakhand. I fought for their freedom.”