Prosenjit Chatterjee Quotes

Action is not really my genre, but it's what people expect out of me. And it works, too.

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.

Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far.

In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a serial kisser refuses to leave me.

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.

If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily.

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

Public perception is obviously important to an actor's career.

I don't want to be known as someone who is deliberately trying to do things that are not commercial! That is not a good reputation to have when you're trying to be a working actor.

I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to buy into it if you don't want to.

When you're a pop star, it's a little conservative; you always have to stay in a box. You have fans that are five and fans that are 65; there are so many people wanting so many things.

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.

A rock star is expected to act like a mess, sound like a mess and look like a mess. People don't expect you to show up on time and be a professional. But when you're a pop star, you have to do all that, look perfect and be a role model.

Celebrity is a very tricky area to navigate.

There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.

I'm safe where I'm at just being the guy where people go, 'That's a really good actor. What's his name again?' I liked being at that place.

Luckily, the public sees me as a character actor.

Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen.

Just for the pleasure of being seen on screen with Aamirji, I can't play a loser. It will disappoint my supporters.

You can be a supergroup without having good songs.

According to me, every actor is struggling in the industry. Someone is trying to live up to their father's name, or someone is trying hard to retain the number one position.

I have to maintain my stardom.