Top 60 Jackie Shroff Quotes

I don’t drink anymore.

My father Kakabhai Haribhai Shroff was an astrologer.

I can’t stand people who have all the money but do not even bother to help innocent children in any small way they possibly can.

Salman Khan is doing really well in his career. I know him since the time he was growing up.

Youngsters should go to the hills and the seaside once in a while.

I don’t know myself why directors are offering me negative roles, although I did ‘Yaddein’ after ‘Mission Kashmir’ in which I played a very positive character, but people don’t remember that.

I have always wanted to work with Rekha – she is one of the most gorgeous actresses of our time.

The lot that I came with is really versatile. We people can blend into any role we get. We are like wine. We grow better with age.

Madhuri should do more films. She should do a film with me where she is romancing me.

I went to a hotel to become a chef and then tried becoming a flight attendant, but no one took me. I then worked in a travel agency and got into advertising and modelling after someone spotted me. So I started doing ads. I did ‘Charminar’ ad, because of which I got two films.

India is the biggest democracy. We have the right to say what we want to say, and people have the right to protest.

My work is my break. It takes me to different parts of the world, and I get to meet different people.

I never thought I would become an actor. When I started out, I never thought I would come so far. Acting was not my passion. When I experienced the highs of being an actor, I started liking it, and it gradually became my passion.

What’s there in a name! Some people call me Jai, while others call me Jaggu, Kishan, Jackie, or Bhidu.

I developed a passion for cars when I was a kid. I found a tyre on the street, and I figured that I could roll it successfully. That made me love wheels.

Actors have to maintain their physique, or they will fizzle out!

I always believe whatever is written in your fate will happen.

God is in my heart; I see God in my daughter and my mother.

Documentary is reality. It shows the truth.

I believe in my mother’s blessings. And as far as Sai Baba is concerned, I believe there is only one God.

My birthday is generally a very quiet affair.

I like to chat either at my site or, sometimes, through MSN and ICQ. And even if I do reveal my identity, there are a lot of times when no one believes me.

What I treasure the most is people coming up to me in the elevator and saying, ‘You really did a great job’: neighbours who congratulate for a job well done or little fans who hug me and say they want to be like me.

Everyone has lied for some reason or the other.

Everybody knows Sai Baba. Being an actor, I had to be extremely convincing while portraying the role.

My father said that I will be an actor, but I scoffed at him.

I follow the faith of all religions. My mother gave me abundant love when I was a child. She taught me the ways to lead life, and I have been a firm believer in all religions since then.

I’ve got more than half of Mumbai addicted to the Internet.

I never ask for a script when it comes to Subhash Ghai. I just do whatever he asks me to.

I wanted to be a chef; I became a hero.

I keep surprising myself with films like ‘Mission Kashmir,’ ‘Albela,’ ‘Farz,’ and ‘Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai.’ All the roles are very different.

Winning is a different thing, but even being nominated for an award like Filmfare is an honour.

I follow the work of my contemporaries. I love their work.

I couldn’t dance to save my life.

If you desire, you are restless.

One must eat fruit and drink water before meals rather than after eating. Water dilutes digestion, and that’s not a good thing for the body.

I have always given my 100 per cent to the characters I believed in.

I don’t use supari at all, as that gets stuck in your throat.

Telugu heroes are made into demi-gods. The fans here are sincere, and even if the film is bad, they will see it and stand by the actors they like.

Every day online is a new discovery.

Nobody can take away your talent.

I celebrate Diwali in a way that spreads happiness to those around me.

I have a good ear for music.

I was born with two left feet.

After ‘Grahan,’ you’d be nuts to think I’d try producing again!

It is not a lead part, but you could definitely say that ‘Devdas’ wouldn’t move forward if it wasn’t for me.

I’ve done a host of Tamil and Telugu films, a Bengali one, too.

All my life, I have lived in the chawls. They are my people.

I can work with both the old, revered filmmakers and new directors. It is amazing how they see me in their world, and then I adapt accordingly.

If you ever ask me what my all-time dream character is, my answer will be Mia Tansen, the great composer-musician in Hindustani classical music. And ideally, the film should be directed by a person like Bhansali who is a great director and has a marvellous sense of classical music.

The love in the old days had a certain grace, quintessential feel to it. Now everybody is busy in their phones.

We never splurge on Diwali. How much can you spend on yourself? As it is, we do that throughout the year, so why not do something for others during Diwali?

I get online anywhere: at home, in the car, at a shoot.

The key is to be Zen-like and be happy with what one has.

When I go out, a lot of people and their tiny tots call me Tiger Shroff’s daddy.

K. Thiagarajan is a painfully shy young man. But he is the human personification of the idiom ‘Still waters run deep.’

I have my mother’s heart and father’s face.

I don’t want to get any bigger – what does a ‘big star’ mean? I just want to be loved.

Rituparno is a very simple director. I have never seen Ritu shouting at anyone. The whole atmosphere on his sets is so relaxed that you don’t feel that you are working.

After doing the Bengali ‘Antar Mahal,’ I felt I should work with all Indian languages.