Amitabh Bachchan

“The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just phenomenal. No wonder I became religious, because you don't know why something's happen...”

“Having no work would be terrible.”

“Ram Gopal Varma is a most noteworthy talent and has given us some very valuable iconic films. I enjoy working with him.”

“I'm very fortunate to have spent so much time in the industry and to have lived through several generations of filmmakers, actors and technicians. There's a huge volume of experience seeing...”

“When I wrote my first blog, I got one response. Now, I sometimes get as many as 400 responses for my posts.”

“People are fed up with seeing the same thing over and over. They want a qualitative change.”

“I don't know how others think about me, but if I have to walk the streets, I will, and if I need to stand in a queue at the airport, that's OK.”

“I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.”

“You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in your society, I am sure there will be many actors from our part of the worl...”

“People ask me why it is that when I portray the 'angry young man' on screen, I really look angry. They reason that it is due to some suppression in my childhood. But, it's just that I can't...”

“I like to rate myself as a performer upfront, both in films as well as in television.”

“It's a war zone, my body, and one which has been through a great deal.”

“I felt that for 20 years, I was wooing the people of my country and asking them to like me as an actor, and when they liked me as an actor, I told them, 'Now, you like my politics.'”