Quotes by Om Puri

About Om Puri:

Om Rajesh Puri is an Indian actor who has appeared in mainstream commercial Indian and British films, Independent films and art films. His credits also include appearances in American films. He has been awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India.
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It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.

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What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.

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When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and it became a kind of addiction. I was very shy when I was at school, but the plays seemed to give voice to my feelings.

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When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife, but she has forgotten who she is.

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Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.

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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

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I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.

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I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

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Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.

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As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

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I was very sensitive to the environment around, and this disparity in people, seeing beggars and laborers not paid well, used to disturb me. So these emotions in these roles came very naturally to me.

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Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure and is shown all over the world, it's obvious that every actor would want to do an English film and explore himself.

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I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.

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In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.

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Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.

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Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet her when we would be introduced. But the way we met was funny because I just didn't recognise her!

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The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and I tell him, 'Where's the fun of a drive in this place?' You get caught in a million traffic jams, and you spend time cooped in your car with all that mad cacophon...

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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.

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I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.

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I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old... Your days are gone; it is part of life.

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Author Bio

  • NameOm Puri
  • DescriptionIndian Actor
  • BornOctober 18, 1950
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionActor
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire; Padma Shri; Filmfare Awards