NANA PATEKAR

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?

If we don't move with time, we'll be stuck in old ways.

My work is my ultimate source of happiness.

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

Bipasha is a very sincere and professional actor.

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

People have been unkind to me, but I do not want to swear vengeance. I am a simple human being.

I do just a film a year and so have a lot of time.

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

Acting was just a hobby; I never needed butter from it.

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

Dealing with crime using archaic methods has become impossible. So, it's imperative that we change the ways to counter them.

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

I always do one film at a time.

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

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.

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

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

More than anything else, I love to act and leave the rest to my director.

Actors are bedbugs in front of the nation. We don't have any worth.

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

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.

Soldiers are the biggest heroes. No one can be a bigger hero than them.

When I was just 13 years old, I even painted cinema posters.

I will never join politics under any circumstances.