Top 60 Nana Patekar Quotes

I always do one film at a time.

I don’t like talking about bygones.

The more layers a story has, the better it is for the audience.

I will never join politics under any circumstances.

Acting is just my hobby. When I don’t want to do it, I won’t do it.

There is a difference between being straightforward and careless.

We all are Indians, and that should be our only religion. What is the need to be called a Hindu, Muslim, or Christian? Does anybody have any religion or caste at the time of birth?

I’ve lost a lot in life because of my nature.

More than anything else, I love to act and leave the rest to my director.

I would like to address the issue of farmers through my craft – my films. But, the sad part is that such films win awards but don’t get any rewards at the BO.

Pu La’s writing is multi-layered, multi-faceted, and deep.

The Naxals are also human beings.

Bipasha is a very sincere and professional actor.

Mature roles full of substance the kind played by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino – my favourite actors – is what I want to do.

We should judge by talent and work not by community or caste.

I cook anything, be it vegetarian or non-vegetarian. But mutton dishes are my favourite.

Nobody can do a Govinda as well as Govinda can.

Pakistani actors and everything come later, but first comes my country. I don’t know anyone apart from my country, and nor would I like to know anyone.

I come from a small village called Murud Janjira near Alibaug. I started doing theatre right from school days and later joined the Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, after which I joined an advertising agency.

I enjoy the love and admiration of the people.

My father died when I was 28, and within two-and-a-half years of that, I lost my first son.

The role has to excite me as an actor. It is like a train journey: you know where you have to reach, and all things that happen in between are like stations that come and go. Of course, there are films like ‘Welcome,’ which I did only for money.

If I would have not been in films, I would have become an anti-social element.

Once I lose control, there’s no stopping me.

Spirituality, for me, is acquiring and giving happiness without hurting anyone.

What is the difference between me and a criminal? My crimes were not caught. Those of us whose crimes were not caught are on this side of the fence while criminals have been condemned on the other side.

My father was into textile painting and ran a small business. He encouraged me a lot and loved seeing my plays.

Pu La was like a father figure to people of my generation. I thank him for the characters his literary works offered us. They personify full-fledged human beings and have always given me company.

If anybody has done bad things to me, then I must have done the same to them.

My mother is a very strong woman. We were seven kids; five of them passed away. My elder brother and I are alive. My mother lost five kids, her husband, her parents and siblings. But she is so strong, she is living for the people who are alive.

When you serve the country selflessly, that is your greatest contribution to the country.

I don’t need others to validate my good conduct.

I feel, at the national level, shooters should get monetary rewards also, along with medals and a handshake.

As an actor, I think it is my responsibility to hold a mirror to the society.

Everybody has a hero and a villain within themselves. So it depends upon you to be a hero or a villain. If you show humanity, it will give you satisfaction.

You shouldn’t think about the fate of the films. The film might succeed or fail, but your performance must be good. You should work hard for every film.

When my cousin sister got married to a Muslim boy, my family was baffled. All the brothers had abandoned her. But I said there is nothing wrong in it. We have not lost our sister. In fact, we got another family member in the form of that boy.

Theatre has taught me a lot, and I am sure there will be a lot to learn.

I believe in sharing and contributing to society without being in politics.

If we don’t move with time, we’ll be stuck in old ways.

Cooking is like doing yoga. There is a lot of satisfaction in cooking food for others.

Government will do whatever they want.

When I was just 13, we went from being middle class to lower middle class and finally lower class, as someone close to my father took away everything he had, including his property. All of a sudden, I started working at the age of 13.

That’s me: success and failure don’t affect me.

I have seen some films which were bad or trashy been given four stars. From that day on, I don’t believe in reviews.

I don’t want to do too many films because I don’t aspire to buy huge cars or build bungalows.

Whether we have a new or an old director doesn’t affect my work.

If you are serious about your work, honest and straight-forward, you are labelled eccentric.

Always let your work talk for yourself. No matter how much you give interviews or how much you are written about, it is always the performance which counts.

I’ve repeatedly tried to curb my temper.

Acting was just a hobby; I never needed butter from it.

When you refer to terra entities, you ornately say Mother Nature and Mother Earth. How much honour and care do all of us accord to any of the three – including our real life mother?

As an actor, I am always in one character or the other and get very little time to be Nana Patekar. So whenever I can, I love to be alone and by myself. That way, I get time to think and introspect.

I want to do films like ‘As Good as it Gets’ or ‘Analyze This.’

When I was just 13 years old, I even painted cinema posters.

God has given me more than what I wanted.

Earlier in my career, there may have been compulsions for accepting films for money.

Yes, I remember as a child, I would potter around my mother in the kitchen and want to participate in everything she was doing. I have learnt most of my cooking from her. I also used to irritate her with a lot of questions.

Dealing with crime using archaic methods has become impossible. So, it’s imperative that we change the ways to counter them.

I want to tell the children of Kashmir that they should read, write, and learn and come to the mainstream.