Prosenjit Chatterjee Quotes

I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.

I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.

I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters.

Early on, you don't have the luxury of a lot of choices. Sometimes you're forced to do things that will advance your career and not necessarily things that fulfill you artistically, but I've been fortunate to do a lot of both.

I am not at a level where I will be flooded with offers. Hopefully, things will change after 'Pink.' It is one film after 'Shaitan' where I am hoping things will change for me.

I have been offered roles in mainstream films which have not been interesting to me. They have been too insignificant.

My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and inspire myself as an actor, certainly not in terms of where I make money. Yeah, I can go off and do a play, but the reality is as a profession, directing is exponentially more satisfying.

I want to be a working actor; I want to do jobs that excite me and challenge me, and I want to something fun.

I think 'Mindhunter' has allowed me to get a chance to do larger projects.

Every new director you work with, brings in something new and has perhaps cast you because your last work was good.

If you are part of good projects and working with good filmmakers, you will automatically get good roles.

I pick up what is offered to me. And if somebody is not offering me the right role and right film then I am not going to choose.

It's important to be seen in different films and banners.

No, I am not looking at being a part of television in India, but I may consider movies, if I get to play a strong character.

I think in more ways than one 'Uyir' did a lot good, getting the scope to perform. Things have really fallen in place since then. Breaking free of the shackles has given me the rich option to choose and pick from the range of characters coming my way.

Post 'Chennai Express,' I got several offers from Hindi cinema, but nothing substantial came my way.

I want to do more Tollywood projects but I don't go around asking for roles.

The bigger the movies you're in, the chances are better at getting more diverse roles.

I agree I'd like to do more work. But the right kind of roles has to be offered to me. I'm not saying the roles need to be realistic all the time, though that's what I like connecting with on screen.

As an actor, I feel there isn't much to explore on TV. So, if I get better work as a host, why wouldn't I do it?

Once 'Uyir' created a controversy, I had several offers coming my way with prominence to my character. However, I avoided them purposefully.

After 'Champion,' I got like 20,000 psychopath roles! And they wanted me to strip and show my body in every film. But I have tried to balance my roles.

I think it's a huge a opportunity for me, because I am part of a film that has stars like Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol. It will grab eyeballs and I will get noticed, too. I hope 'Race 3' opens more doors for me.

I would love to do better in mainstream Hindi films, but one thing I must say is that my best experience so far has been in the Punjabi film industry, where I've been around for more than 11 years.

I would love to do more Hindi films, but I am very laid-back that way and wouldn't go looking for more films.