Amitabh Bachchan Quotes
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When your back is against the wall, there's only one way to go and that's forward.
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You want to talk about the fading of an icon? You never said I was an icon in the first place. But you want to talk about it in a derogatory fashion. You say the superstar has fallen. But you've never called me a superstar ever. It's only that you use these words when you want to say something derogatory.
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Haven't seen any of the movies in which Rekha aped me. I think it is highly improbable that a lady should ape me. If it is so, then all I can say is that i am terribly flattered.
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Tread the track of life with utmost caution. But let this not deter you from taking giant leaps towards your goals. Excessive caution may reduce your speed to move ahead in life.
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I have never ever argued about billings because I don’t think that they mean anything.
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When I was exposed to brighter lights, I began noticing prettier things, faster cars, motorbikes...girls! Then just like any young man I wanted it all!
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I cannot stop them. This is their affection and love and we live for this. And I hope that this love and affection remains with us so that we are inspired to work more and be able to satisfy their desires and expectations.
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I think it’s more to do with economics now. Earlier, one used to wait in queues for hours in the heat, trying to buy a ticket, to go and see Shammiji in Junglee or Dilip saheb in Ganga Jamuna. Whereas now, thanks to the video boom, one gets the stars in one’s bedroom at a snap of one’s fingers. There is no mystique left.
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P. 25-26.
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Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability.
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I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round.
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I am always embarrassed and a little awkward about receiving this sort of attention.
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I am very happy with what I see. The grey, the not-so grey and the camouflaged That's life. One has to live with it.
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P. 33.
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I would rather talk to the mirror than to the press. There is a part of me that remains within me and the rest goes out to the public.
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I was very shy as a child. Very shy. Lot of problems with very simple things. Like entering a restaurant all by myself.
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P. 27.
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When they were growing up, I was working from morning to night. When I left, they were asleep, when I came back, they were asleep,' once he told a magazine. Even when they were young, he couldn't visit their school as Shweta and Abhishek asked him not to visit them to avoid too much commotion
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I didn't like Jaya's Hazaar Chaurasi ki Ma, though I did like her performance. I felt the movie was too verbose. I thought why did they have to make a film? They could have simply written an article.
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I've always said that actors should be treated very carefully. We need a lot of understanding. There are millions of things that could destroy us. We are broken up people inside. That's why you find a lot of us landing up with the psychiatrists.
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I think it comes very naturally. It’s wonderful to be light and informal rather than aloof and indifferent- (On his personal camaraderie with his co-stars).
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I had left all I had including my job because I had a desire to work in the movies. I didn't have a place to stay. You know there is a limited amount of time you can spend with friends because you're barging into their house. So I spent a couple of days on Marine Drive benches in the company of some of the largest rats I have seen in my life.
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P. 25.
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We are not the people we are in films. I am not an alcoholic. But I portray that. I can't bash up 20 guys at a time in real life. It's just that I do it well on-screen.