Abhay Deol Quotes

Abhay Deol

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 15, 1976

It's scary to work with family, alongside my brothers and uncle. I can't imagine myself screaming at them even in front of the camera.

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I wasn't looking to be a star, I just happened to love acting, I was a reluctant actor.

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The reaction to 'Dev D' success wasn't a balanced one from my end. I ran away! I should have stayed around and seen how I could balance things. But I wasn't capable of that.

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The kind of content I want to be part of is hardly made.

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I am over that phase where any kind of story would bother me, be it personal or professional. I just laugh it off and forget about it.

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I have always been up for risks, but only because I had full confidence and faith in the vision of my directors.

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We all have to find a cause we believe in and pursue it. Sometimes it may cost you your job, your personal life, your love life, etc.

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I'm not cut out to play a filmi hero. I don't look like a hero.

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There should be a tacit code or understanding among privileged people not to endorse things that give others an inferiority complex.

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In real life I don't chant. Nor do I believe in idol worship.

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If we are not affected by our environment, then we have somewhere become insensitive. It might be good in a way because you might not be affected by anything and be calm always.

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It's not that I don't want to do different films. The non-mainstream stuff that I did started to get successful... But for an industry which runs essentially on money, they do put you in a box.

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The thing about action films is that they are high on drama in terms of action sequences, have songs and other things, but content is secondary.

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People don't think of genres anymore. The script is all that matters. And as long as it appeals to my sensibilities as an actor-producer, I'm on.

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I am not anti-marriage.

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I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

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I dislike labels like 'commercial' and 'non commercial.'

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We are always larger than life because we come from this mentality that since we are a very poor nation, we need an escapist cinema to take us out of our miseries. And that's where Bollywood comes from.

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If I look at Dad's earlier work - 'Bandini,' 'Satyakam,' 'Chupke Chupke,' 'Jeevan Mrityu' - and then his later work, I realize that when something works, the industry doesn't want you to do anything else. They just typecast and milk you.

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Los Angeles is much like Mumbai, the film industry rules the city over most other professions, so it feels like home.

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