Top 60 Randeep Hooda Quotes

I’m just happy that people have recognised me as leading man material.

We had a great dramatic society in school, and that’s where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.

I went through a low phase for two years when I had a string of flops. At that time, I even felt that I was in the wrong profession and that I should leave acting. But thankfully, I utilised that time to introspect and went on a self-exploration trip. I did theatre in between, and it helped grow the fire within me.

Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve.

I feel very meditative when I ride. A horse does not know whether my movie is a hit or a flop or what is happening in my relationship.

I don’t see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

In all of us, there is a struggle between the good and the bad. It makes it more palpable and real to play such people as an actor.

You don’t run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.

I don’t play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there’s conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes.

It is easy to bare your body, but it is difficult to bare your soul. What works for me is that I am not a city-raised boy with city-raised sensibilities. I can play the vulnerable tough man, the guy with a gun in his hand, tears in his eyes, fire in his heart, innocence in him, and in his arms a woman he loves.

I would like to be known as one of the best actors in the world because that is something that I would have earned. And being sexiest would come from my genes… it is something I was born with and not earned it for myself.

I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.

It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not given work on the basis of audience poll; the filmmaker will cast you after they see and like your work. It is essential to do different kind of films and not get typecast.

I wouldn’t mind doing a film revolving around horses, but I wouldn’t dilute my equity just sitting on one.

Theatre is great, but we don’t live in an idealistic world, and we have to pay our bills.

It’s a misconception that love can only foster between two people of opposite sex. Love is a bond.

A Bollywood hero, for most people, has been a Raj, a Rahul or a Prem… it’s now a part of the psyche.

I believe in the institution of marriage; Other than cinema, it’s the only way to be immortalised!

A movie is a mass consumption product. I have got no delusions about being niche. I don’t want to be niche. Though in the earlier part of my career I was into niche cinema, doing independent films – and I do have a revolutionary bent of mind – but you cannot make a change from outside; you have to be a part of it.

Theatre gives you wings as an actor.

There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.

Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn’t say that.

I find solace in animals. I have got a stray dog at home called Candy. I picked it up while I was waiting at the airport one day. I always wanted to have a ‘macho’ dog but got this sweet little thing instead.

Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can’t sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.

You can’t say the public likes generic characters. Give others a chance, go for a more rooted and honest characterisation, take some risk, and then let the public choose.

Over the years, I have realized that there’s more to a film’s fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It’s the package that sells – the songs, action, actors, etc.

Though I thoroughly enjoyed playing crime branch officer Gautam Savant, it drained a lot out of me, too. It shook my faith in myself, as I explored my hidden side and wondered if I was just acting or using the character as an excuse to vent my mean side.

For very long, I wasn’t able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn’t know how to capitalise on it.

Horses are in our DNA. We used them way before cars for commuting.

I have made a promise to myself that I will have no limitations as an actor. I have realised I have to pay attention to the commercials or the business aspect of cinema, but deep inside, I am purely an artiste.

I would really love to work with Clint Eastwood.

Everyone wants to be famous; so do I. But I cannot lose sleep over it.

There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don’t brood over my broody image.

I wouldn’t mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.

I think I’m the only professional horse rider from the movie industry. Strangely, I’ve seen no men from the industry at equestrian events. Though I’ve seen some ladies like Diya Mirza and Lara Dutta at the race course. Women, by the way, make superior horse riders.

I’m going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.

None of us can claim to be fair and square in love – and I’m definitely not a hypocrite! Humans are built to evolve with time. It depends on the nature of the relationship you share with a person. It is there today, tomorrow it may be gone; c’est la vie.

February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day.

Every actor’s deepest desire is to reach a huge audience. So, I don’t look down upon commercial cinema… there’s a beauty in it that you understand sooner or later.

If you have life’s experiences with you, nothing can stop you from being a competent actor.

Be it Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day or Mother’s Day, I feel all days are reminders of some feelings. February 14 doesn’t hold any special relevance for me.

I have this soft spot for have-nots. So, I was really inclined to portray their pain and pathos in ‘Highway.’

The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero’s role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel the weaknesses of a character make them more alive, relatable, and human.

There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that’s wrong. Don’t get into a relationship if you can’t be honest.

I don’t have a set image. In fact, I would be curious to know how someone slots me.

It’s too bad I’m not a flirt. When I’m on the sets, I’m too busy working on my scenes to look at the ladies.

As human beings, we are all flawed. And just like there is a good side, there is also a bad side waiting to find its way out.

I try to keep myself as normal as possible. Stardom is transient. People forget you after a while.

I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you… whereas, film sets are not conducive to long rehearsals, and it is difficult to pick up the emotions amidst all that is going on around you.

Love to me has meant different things at different junctures of my life. I’m not a hopeless romantic.

I have realized that intensity is my unique point. I don’t have to attempt it; it’s innate. So, when every actor is seeking his individuality, I guess I have already found mine.

I am not an angry guy. It’s just the roles I do that impact my personality.

I overhaul myself for my roles. Sooner or later, I will get my due.

I give two hoots about being typecast. It’s not in my hands.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

I didn’t allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn’t allow success to bloat my head.

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

I’m going to start a polo team with my friend, and we’re trying to collect as many horses as we can. You have to find time for things you love.

There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.