Top 44 Satish Kaushik Quotes

When we were graduating from college, my dramatics professor Frank Thakurdas called me to his house and said, ‘Satish, you’re capable of doing a lot of things in life, but you should become a professional actor.’ I told him that I am not a good-looking guy, how will I become an actor?

The general impression about fat people is that they are romantic, funny and good dancers.

Karzzz is my way’ of paying homage to the mesmerising cinema of ’80s, to Subhash Ghai’s revered cult film ‘Karz.’

Unlike ‘The Nutty Professor,’ the hero of my film is romantic. ‘Badhaai Ho Badhaai’ is a family film, while ‘The Nutty Professor’ had a lot of double-meaning dialogues.

Remaking ‘Karzzz’ was like revisiting childhood.

Randeep Hooda is a fantastic actor. His presence on screen is mind blowing.

Bollywood always expected me to indulge in slapstick. I don’t mind it, but for how long!

With ‘CCSKNH,’ we are planning to carry forward the rich legacy of the state. Though there haven’t been many Haryanvi films, the state has tremendous potential.

As it is, I’m happy that the tourism department has sent out word to agencies in Delhi asking them to help filmmakers whenever they want to shoot their film in the capital. At least, they are in favour of the filmmakers.

Sometimes destiny has its own way.

I am a person who loves food.

I feel proud when I wear a turban. It’s a different feeling. And that’s why when a role of a Punjabi character is offered to me, my first question is whether I will wear a turban.

Somehow, in Bollywood I have always been offered comic roles. However, I am being looked at differently when it comes to movies being made in the West.

We have new generation coming in and they are so talented and you need to match up with them. The key lies in reinventing yourself.

I was good in comedy so I started getting such roles but as an actor you don’t like to do same type of roles.

When generation changes,, things get outdated but then if you have talent and patience, you bounce back.

I wanted to reinvent myself as a director.

Salman has always been a warm person. I have seen him grow as an actor and its always lovely working with him.

Films like ‘Road, Movie’ and ‘Brick Lane’ add a lot to your resume.

Writing ‘Mayanagri’ was not an easy task.

My three years of training in theatre changed me completely as a person. It helped me find myself.

I was always smitten by the mainstream Hindi commercial cinema.

Lots of people said that I have been a comic actor for such a long time, but as a director I was very serious.

I had seen ‘Onaatah’ when I was a part of the National Film Awards jury in 2016. I was very impressed with the film because it was a small but a very inspiring film. Since it touched my heart, I thought of remaking it.

Today audiences are not just watching films for stars but are rather looking at stories.

Shows than run for years together make you stagnant.

A good film is always a good film and a good story is always a good story.

Indian films have a set pattern and you get slotted in an image very easily.

I have been so busy making people laugh with my acting, so I thought why not direct something and make my audience laugh more.

While losing weight I followed a protein diet in which you take 500 calories a day and don’t eat after 9 P. M.

I would call her ‘madam,’ because I was the AD. I continued to do so even after she married my buddy, Boney Kapoor. I could never call her Sri, or Sridevi, even though she would often tell me to do so. She was humble, quiet and extremely dignified.

Yes it’s true, I am making ‘Tere Naam 2’ which is a love story.

In India, multiplex ticket prices are high; therefore people are a bit hesitant. The ticket price for a newcomer’s film is the same as a Shah Rukh Khan or a Salman Khan film. Why would people pay, say Rs 400, for a newcomer’s film when they can watch a Shah Rukh Khan film at the same price?

Some of the corporate houses are using films as a means to market their brands. They are not concerned with the storyline. When it comes to big-budget films, simple storylines told with conviction are still the safest best.

People think that because I play comic roles, my films will have a comic flavour as well. But I am a student of drama.

Haryanavi is an easy to understand language. People enjoy speaking, listening it and to relate to it.

I have always tried to play significant characters and have never done cheap comedy.

A play called ‘Bichchu’ with Om Puri in the main role was going to be staged and I was working backstage. An actor failed to turn up for rehearsals and the director asked me to do that role instead. I agreed and would go to the beach to rehearse my dialogues as I had no place to stay those days.

My hands are full. I am a workaholic. So, I am always looking for work.

I am really grateful to receive an award at Global Film Tourism Conclave 2019.

Delhi is my favourite city having spent most of my growing up years here. Performing here is like homecoming for me.

I don’t know of anyone as natural born an actor as Sridevi. She was a complete actress.

Coming from Karolbagh, I have been a movie buff all my life.

Loveleen Tandon, the casting director of ‘Brick Lane,’ understood my capacity and suggested my name to director Sarah Gavron. The film has such universal appeal that given a chance I would like to remake it in Hindi.