Top 66 Ali Fazal Quotes

Tom Hanks is one of my favourite actors… I definitely want to work with him.

‘Fukrey’ was a major turning point of my career because it was post this film that I started getting lead roles in films like ‘Bobby Jasoos.’

I don’t see a full-fledged career in Hollywood. I am happy with the cameos. Even Tom Cruise will only do special appearances in our films; he wouldn’t do a full hero movie. But it’s good to act in different cinema.

When someone’s good, my job becomes easier.

I return to the stage time and again to see if I am worth anything.

For someone who works in theatre, the rehearsal is where you discover everything. It is where magic happens, where the script enters you and becomes part of you.

While everyone usually turns up late at Bollywood parties, I always reach these places on time and end up making a fool of myself.

I am not into method acting.

In Bollywood, the film’s stakes are as high as the actor. In Hollywood, they are way above, and the day we realise this in our industry, we will start appreciating actors.

We were always a middle-class family who took pride in our little set-up.

I’m living my dream.

Women are really scrutinised for what they wear.

It’s horrible when actors say that they are apolitical.

I think, in all this race and competition, we actors forget how to have fun.

I am seldom home, as I keep travelling because of work.

As an actor, your job is half done when your co-star becomes your friend, especially when it’s Judi Dench.

The better the actor I am acting with, the better my performance gets.

I think every filmmaker has his way of working, and I respect that.

I am learning the grammar of acting on the sets. And I am happy that way.

I don’t regret leaving ‘Homeland,’ because I wanted to work with the Bhatts. The dates were clashing, and I had to make a choice.

Kurt Russell… he is a bloody legend. I have idolised him, and to chill with him on the sets while shooting was an incredible experience.

I know where I am headed and how will I evolve. There’s nothing stopping you. I don’t have a family background on films, and I will need to work for it.

I don’t think stardom will ever go to my head.

I think it’s fun to own a wardrobe and have loads of clothes.

I got a chance to work with Judi Dench in almost every scene. How many Indian actors get that chance?

Now, there doesn’t have to necessarily be a white man in the lead role. That’s the way forward. That’s diversity. It’s cool if an Indian is playing the lead role in a Hollywood project, and we should be proud of this.

I want to settle down.

In the beginning, I was doing whatever came my way. But that’s how life is. I am not sitting around calling a ‘daddy’ to make a movie for me.

We have to keep pace with changing times.

I think action, as a genre, is every actor’s dream.

Theatre gives me a different high.

A film can reach only the places which the distributor has promised you. Several films are not released internationally, and Web has that wide reach.

I love the kind of work I am bringing to the table.

Maybe one day, I will go to Pakistan and meet these fans who like me and my work. At the end of the day, we are all the same, and meeting my fans there is something that I have on my mind.

I am the first one in my family to become a part of Bollywood.

I have never really had a goal to be a true blue movie star, unlike a lot of my colleagues.

You will stand out if you do your part well.

I am not going to disconnect from Bollywood or sacrifice my career in the industry for international projects. Everything began here, and I respect that.

In Bollywood, we are told exactly what to do and how to do it and not to counter things by saying there’s a better way. We make our actors feel important by paying them more. But the real deal is when you let the actors take some decisions on the sets.

We can’t stop people from thinking what they want to.

The first thing that I see in a woman are her eyes. Sorry, it sounds shallow, but eyes say a lot about a person.

‘Fast & Furious’ is Hollywood’s ‘Dabangg.’ It is that big there, so it obviously feels amazing to have played a part in it. The role is small but very interesting. People will see me in full Hollywood accent, and the character is not like typical Indian character.

‘Victoria and Abdul’ will surely tickle the hearts of many and prove that love has no definition. It can be pure and priceless.

With every project, I have to grow.

Movies have been great, but theatre is home. I’ve never been able to compare the two because they are different, special worlds. I’m just lucky to have a place in both.

I like to mix things up.

It was great working with Paul Walker and Vin Diesel.

I remember I was at a press conference where somebody came up to me with absolute confidence, like he knew me forever, and whispered in my ear, ‘You should sing a song now. The Indian audience will enjoy it. Your songs will improve India and Pakistan’s relations.’ I clarified to him that I wasn’t Ali Zafar.

Any actor who says he does not like so many people shouting his name would be lying.

Judi Dench, apart from the name and fame, is the most genuinely hilarious, sophisticated, and loving person I have known. And I mean all of that together at once. That’s something.

I am in love with stories of underdogs.

There is good and there is bad, and then there are mothers.

I got a chance to work with so many stalwarts from British cinema. Judi Dench, of course, who is a legend. Then there was my director Stephen Frears. He is the man who made some of British cinema’s salient trendsetters.

The vibe of London as a city is captivating. It’s both fast-paced and extremely rushed but still has the calmness that would attract any big-city person.

When you first meet someone, it’s always about one-upmanship. The couple tries to impress each other.

Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.

My grandfather was a civil servant. He was honest, so it would be unfair to say we enjoyed the perils of richness.

I was offered a role in the series ‘Homeland,’ which I couldn’t do because the dates clashed with my film with the Bhatts – ‘Khamoshiyan.’ But I wish I had done it. Look at how much notice the series got Nimrat Kaur.

I am a diehard romantic, and I shamelessly accept that. I love writing letters.

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else’s push.

One has to get rid of his inhibitions, being an actor.

My first preference is Bollywood and will always be.

I have always felt that just to show love, you don’t have to make two people do intimate scenes. That is not the idea of ‘I love you.’

Theatre is like an actor’s nectar, like how cinema is a director’s medium.

Mothers are the only ones that think nothing is beyond their control when it comes to their children.

I have a great connect with the city, and I know the streets of Pune by heart. As a college student, I came down to visit friends. It is a great place to chill and hang out.