Top 50 Priyanshu Chatterjee Quotes

Though I hunt for anything that is different, I am looking forward to play some historical characters and the role of Gladiator.

Today’s generation has tremendous pressure to perform well at work. And if one can’t match up to expectations then it can lead to depression.

I would love to be a part of an interesting, entertaining film in which I shine like never before.

My father initiated me to the Hanuman Chalisa and my mother to the rituals and community feelings of Durga Puja. I still have that in me and want to come back to Delhi whenever I can to imbibe more.

Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt – they are all talented. Their work is making the industry better.

I know the volume of my work is less and I would have wanted to do more films. But I can’t do just any role. That’s the reason why I have done less crappy films.

I want to do more Tollywood projects but I don’t go around asking for roles.

My first film was a super-hit. It made the producer earn a lot of money and gave me a lot of fame. The funny part is that I acted in Tum Bin’ as a project for which I was paid a stipend and not the money that comes to the star of a very popular film.

‘The Sign of Four’ is a brilliant story. It’s already been made into a film in the U.K., which I haven’t seen.

I love the whole Punjabi culture as I have seen it very closely in Delhi in my growing up years.

It takes time for the dust to settle. And by dust, I mean people clouding your mind by giving wrong information and your expectations and excitement of being in the industry.

I chucked my CA final exams to pursue modeling. My parents objected to this, but they soon came around. And after seeing my maiden movie Tum Bin, they were happy beyond words!

I always knew I wanted to go into acting. So I dropped out of the modelling circuit and started taking acting and dance lessons.

I get small screen offers all the time, specially for hosting shows.

I smoke, I want to get rid of the habit.

This industry is in a hurry to gain solid results. They expect a hero or a heroine to get intimate on the first day of meeting for the good of the film, which is against my temperament. I draw a line, which the industry doesn’t like.

Kids are smart nowadays, they are much more aware of their surroundings than we were 20 years ago, but at the same time it is important that they are guided as a friend when they go through adolescence.

Everybody I meet is a star. In Bombay it is crazy and even TV has become so big that there are just too many stars and there is too much greed for that little space on the newspaper.

I used to live in Rajouri Garden. I was a shy child, dutiful to parents, serious in studies but happier on the sports ground.

Small films, made on shoe-string budget work in big centres, and for that a substantial amount of budget should be set aside for marketing.

Is that bad? Detachment in the sense that I can’t be going to every party, showing my face, talking to the press and telling them what I am wearing to the bathroom or where I eat. I would rather see a purpose to that.

Shooting for Aamar Pratigya’ was a completely delightful experience for the 25 days I shot for the film.

There are lots of variables that come into play in the industry, like attending parties and dating actors. When you don’t indulge in all this, you tend to get affected in some way.

As far as my absence from the public eye is concerned, that’s because I’m publicity shy – something which is not considered good nowadays.

I used to stay near Hazra Law College and play a lot of street cricket.

Instead of only doing songs and item dance,’ we need to have a hard look at ourselves not only as actors, but people in this society.

I like to be spoken about only when I am doing meaningful work.

The off-screen Priyanshu is a homely person who likes to read, workout, watch films, meet friends and family. He is quite nice and I like him.

As far as I am getting good roles I am the happiest person.

I miss roaming around the Basant Lok market, eating out, the Capital’s wide roads.

I prefer more of outdoor exercises than gyming.

I have been constantly working. It’s just that it has not been only Hindi films.

Like every one, I too enjoy commercial success but for me it is certainly not the end of world.

I have had a wide range of projects to choose from. That has saved me from donning a stereotypical image.

The place that I always come for the best Sushi in Delhi is Sakae Sushi at the Ambience mall, Vasant Kunj.

I love being in Delhi, the food and the infrastructure are amazing.

Shooting takes up all my time. But I’m not complaining!

My game plan is very simple. If something good comes up, I will check if those required dates are free and I will do the film. Regardless of the language and the scope of the project.

Today, presence on social media has become a yardstick to be cast – the parameter to get a job.

It is a nice feeling when the audience reaches out to me by my character names from the films that I have done.

Switching genres actually motivates me.

I’m from a typical middle-class family in Delhi, with one of the most down-to-earth childhoods.

‘Majaz’ is going to be an important film in my career and I will be seen in a different role in this film.

If you want to keep a relationship, you must nurture them with love.

During the day, I eat a lot of carbohydrates, but at night I stay away from such stuff.

There was a lot of struggle. People have different perceptions about you and sometimes looks also can limit you as an actor.

I am fine working with debutant directors. They have a freshness about them.

There were offers to do ‘Tum Bin 2’ and ‘Tum Bin 3’ but then it would have been the same kind of franchise films which I think limit an actor.

I enjoy watching Daniel Day Lewis, Jude Law, Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey.

I am open for all sorts of roles, be it hero or the antihero.