Nana Patekar Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

Whenever somebody comes to me with a script, I ask a question to myself – ‘Why do I want to do the film?’

My cooking style is exactly like my mother’s.

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

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

There is a difference between being straightforward and careless.

The Naxals are also human beings.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Nobody can do a Govinda as well as Govinda can.

I don’t understand how people do so many films at the same time. For me, two films a year.

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

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.

I’m too blunt and straightforward for politics, but I’m friends with all.

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

The soldiers who serve in uniform at the front are our real heroes. They fight a battle every day to protect the integrity of the nation.

Practice helps you reduce your mistakes.

When I don’t feel like working, I don’t.

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.

I know I get abusive, very abusive, when I’m angry.

I’m a very simple and calm man, but when the camera is switched on, acting begins.

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

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.

I don’t like talking about bygones.

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 have seen several hardships since I was a child. As a result, I don’t perceive things the way most people do.

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

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.

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.

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

We live in a society where you may not like everything that is happening around you. However, just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it is wrong. Similarly, just because you dislike something, you don’t have to keep talking about it or instigating people against it.

That is my style. I work when I feel like working.

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 believe in God, but I am not religious.

I can’t dance, but I have tried it in ‘Kohram.’

I would have loved to work with Satyajit Ray.

God has given me more than what I wanted.

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?

Government will do whatever they want.

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.

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

I have always wanted to be an actor. I was just five when I started acting.

I don’t like eating outside food at all. I do it only if there is absolutely no choice. Whenever I have a party at home, and even if there are 25 people coming, I make it a point to cook everything at home, and I don’t get any stuff from outside.

I do take my characters back home. In fact, I am the reel person in real life during the entire shoot. This affects me and my family because I tend to be eccentric or irritable during these times.

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.

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.