Victor Banerjee Quotes

Victor Banerjee

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 15, 1946

'Apne' was a disaster. Anil Sharma hired me for three months, but it took a year-and-a-half.

Victor Banerjee

Street food has always made life and living in Calcutta so much more easy and attractive.

Victor Banerjee

First of all, we need to condemn violence and terror without prejudice towards caste, creed or community. All citizens of all religions have been victims and perpetrators at the some time.

Victor Banerjee

I am a card holder of Uttarakhand. I fought for their freedom.

Victor Banerjee

When I don't have the time to be in the Himalayas, I am in Bombay, Los Angles or N.Y. or Paris or wherever.

Victor Banerjee

I am quite excited to play the role of Tagore.

Victor Banerjee

At a time when the Nation is becoming a more parochial concept, Tagore's view of a liberal, open and a nation without borders and boundaries can give us hope and inspiration.

Victor Banerjee

I badly wanted to play Dr. Aziz but I knew I wasn't going to get it. I didn't go to be interviewed until I finally was forced to by the director I was working with in Calcutta. I thought, they aren't going to give me that part. I didn't want to go there and be told I wasn't good enough, or that I didn't suit the part.

Victor Banerjee

Dr. Aziz is a very deep and meaty part, a gift part for any actor.

Victor Banerjee

David Lean is very, very easy to get on with.

Victor Banerjee

If you watch some movies, it would appear that India has free gun license like the U.S.

Victor Banerjee

Commercial Bengali movies are all crass imitation of Telugu and Tamil movies. There are only a handful of directors like Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen and Gautam Ghose who make quality films.

Victor Banerjee

People believe I am selective. I am not. Directors pick me, not I them.

Victor Banerjee

I am delighted that young filmmakers want me in their films. They have open minds and a fresh take on old attitudes. I derive a lot of energy from them. Most of all, I find their love and respect utterly disarming.

Victor Banerjee

Age isn't an attraction. Imagination is.

Victor Banerjee

While representing violence on screen, some directors tend to gloss over it while others glamorize it.

Victor Banerjee

Tagore almost invented the term multiculturalism. It's good to see it taking form.

Victor Banerjee

The worst thing is that filmmaking is an expensive medium and money corrupts cinema right at the beginning.

Victor Banerjee

I have acted in 'Unfreedom' and I know that I will be there in 'Ayodhya.'

Victor Banerjee

Bollywood offers great opportunities to actors who are willing to try out different kinds of roles.

Victor Banerjee