Top 20 Boman Irani Quotes

There’s a great charm in theatre; I enjoyed doing it for twelve years and did lots of plays. At this chapter of my life, I am a cinema actor, and I would like to continue to be so, and at some point I would return to the theatre.

The moment you say, ‘I want to do a role,’ the story suffers. I don’t set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.

My theory is children don’t do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.

I just love to work and spend time with my family. And that’s the reason I don’t look at the length of the role, but what it has to offer me.

Sometime you go out and you wonder why these people are standing in the rain, and then you realize that years ago you were a fan, too. I, too, was chased by cops for watching my favourite celebrities.

I don’t have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me… even when I am not in my best mood.

One can understand a person by the way he removes his wallet and puts his hand to take out money.

I am very proud to be a part of ‘3 Idiots,’ and happy that the character has worked in a big way.

I like the cold; I don’t have problem with cold, and I don’t have problem with rain either, as long as people are smiling. You know, early in my career, I used to wonder about this fan frenzy, but now I realize that there is genuine love, respect and affection, which makes me very proud to be an actor.

Chilli ice cream doesn’t taste bad. But I wouldn’t eat it again.

Once, Naseeruddin Shah told me that the wafer shop was the best acting school that I could have attended. And I completely agree. I observed every customer very minutely and picked up some quirk or the other. Later, I used those experiences while playing different characters.

Remember, acting is not a business of glamour. It is science, craft and an art. Read about acting; don’t do it for the sake of fun. Actors such as Paresh Rawal and Naseeruddin Shah are great examples; they are surviving only because they have read well.

To find one’s calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

I’m not a hero or a superstar. I’m an everyday guy. I feel happy when children approach me. I feel that something good is happening in life when little kids recognise me.

First, the newcomers are eager to come in front of the camera, and later they are like, ‘No, sorry, sorry, no pictures’. What is this? I say fame is a very dangerous and bitter thing.

I’m an actor, and I don’t look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as ‘Don’, ‘Eklavya’ and ‘3 Idiots.’

I usually go with roles that I find entertaining. But every once in a while, there comes along a film that has an important social message. As actors, we have a certain responsibility toward our audience.

It used to bug me that I couldn’t even afford to take my family for a proper holiday. I didn’t have any professional knowledge, and getting a photographer’s job in a magazine was out of the question. So, armed with a Pentax K1000, I started going to various maidans of Mumbai, looking for subjects.

Fear is one thing that can ruin everything. It’s the greatest problem.

Very few movies remain in public memory as landmark films, and I want to see whether ‘3 Idiots’ will be up there with some of the wonderful films that have come out of this country… Hopefully, we’ll come to know in a few years whether it can become one of the great films.