Bachchan Quotes & Sayings

Whatever you do, do it from the heart — Abhishek Bachchan

I like to feel the butterflies in the stomach, I like to go home and have a restless night and wonder how I'm going to be able to accomplish this feat, get jittery. That hunger and those butterflies in the stomach are very essential for all creative people. — Amitabh Bachchan

When Shah Rukh stated, "Bhootnath ... will be among the top three hits of the year!", I told him, "Aapke moonh mein dudh, ghee, shakkar sab! — Amitabh Bachchan

Bachchan has been in the film industry over 35 years and he is the real king. There are many who are around for 15-20 years and like to call themselves king. There is only one king and he is Amitabh Bachchan — Akshay Kumar

I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

What's blessed about my life is that I have been able to connect with the global audience on a regular basis. I am thankful for everybody's love, and I reciprocate that, but I also have to deliver on every occasion. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people. — Rahul Gandhi

No new projects at the moment. There are restrictions to how much I can take on. And I need to finish those that I am committed to do before thinking ahead. But I'd rather they take final shape before we talk of them. — Amitabh Bachchan

It's nothing really. It's the unique presentation that makes me look good in the action scenes. Why did I dare do them? That's a funny question! Why do I act? Why do I breathe! — Amitabh Bachchan

For me, it's not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Life will take its toll on all of us. We get injured, we get old. It's really sad to try to run away from these harsh realities of life. Looks are not everything. I am not going to look beautiful all the time. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges.. — Amitabh Bachchan

I feel that one of the hardest things in acting is the way you need to switch your emotions. — Abhishek Bachchan

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage. — Amitabh Bachchan

Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio - he be soo gorgeous, no wonder all the ladies flockin' to him - He be Gatsby. — Amitabh Bachchan

The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has. — Abhishek Bachchan

I am not as intelligent as Aamir Khan . I am barely managing to be in front of the camera. There are many people who know marketing well and surely Aamir knows much more than I do. — Amitabh Bachchan

This proves Indians do nothing else but surf the Web. — Amitabh Bachchan

I don't believe in proving a point to anybody. Nobody is that important. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

By virtue of my job, I'm traveling. You get to spend very little time with your family. We hardly get to meet each other except on the one odd day we really get to spend time, have dinner together. And that's rare, and we cherish it. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment. — Abhishek Bachchan

I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I'm quite amazed sometimes by the way they go about it. I grow a beard and it lands up in the editorial in The Times of India. — Amitabh Bachchan

The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them. — Abhishek Bachchan

The best gift for an actor is the love of the fans. Many make sweet cards, write letters and even come and meet me wherever I am in India. The love and blessings of your elders is also always cherished, but the extra mile that the fans go to is memorable. — Abhishek Bachchan

The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18. — Abhishek Bachchan

I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats. — Abhishek Bachchan

A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy. — Abhishek Bachchan

I think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility. — Abhishek Bachchan

There are many things that I feel I have missed out on. — Amitabh Bachchan

Donate and do not talk about it, they say you do nothing for the society; do and talk about it, they say you seek publicity! — Amitabh Bachchan

In Kolkata is a temple where the deity worshipped is Amitabh Bachchan. The daily aarti is performed to the chanting of the Amitabh Chaleesa. And people still ask, 'Could our mythological heroes be based on actual people who once lived?' — Ashwin Sanghi

Beauty is transient and changes with time. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Indian weddings are elaborate. As a culture, we like to celebrate everything ... Our weddings go on for sometimes a week, 10 days. — Abhishek Bachchan

Despite being in showbiz, I have a very real approach to my life. It plays off with my social life. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

If Slumdog Millionaire projects India as a Third World, dirty-underbelly, developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations. It's just that the Slumdog Millionaire idea authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative Golden Globe recognition. The other would perhaps not. — Amitabh Bachchan

Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I'm comfortable and so much I have declined because I haven't been comfortable. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I'm not a model; hence I don't see the reason to have a six-pack abs. I can pull off a tough and rugged look of a cop in 'Dhoom' series without taking my shirt off. Cops don't have to move around without a shirt to flaunt their machismo. What makes the character of a cop stand out is his attitude and not his six-pack abs. — Abhishek Bachchan

I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Honestly, I wish I could be a part of all the remakes of my father's films. But on second thought, I wouldn't want to be a part of any. The thought of being compared to him is unnerving. I'd rather do my films than live in the fear of living up to his standards. — Abhishek Bachchan

I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones. — Abhishek Bachchan

I just take on what I can commit to completely at that point in time, and that way you'll be able to give your best. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The larger the audience the better. The more pockets in the world, the more interesting and exciting because it just makes it that much more liberating. This makes it that much more liberating for the various facets of creativity to be explored. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

With each film, I get more and more involved and it's more and more time-consuming. Also, I like to break myths and people's preconceived ideas. My characters have always stood for something, have always had an opinion, although they've never really rebelled. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

It's unbelievable that people have the time and inclination to be as negative as they are on a public platform about people who accomplish whatever they do in the public eye. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

There are large numbers of people in India below the poverty line, there are large numbers of people who lead a meager existence. They want to find a little escape from the hardships of life, and come and watch something colorful and exciting and musical. Indian cinema provides that. So yes, the content of our television and our cinema is escapist in nature because we are there to provide entertainment. — Amitabh Bachchan

Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I've gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just doesn't make you feel fatigued. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

My biggest concern is always the students who are working toward a certain career - when they limit themselves to just that one option. They need to know that the world is huge - it's an ocean, and there are so many options. It's not the end of the world if they don't get to pursue an apparent childhood dream. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure. — Amitabh Bachchan

In terms of finding that first international recognition of my work, coming back to Cannes is such a milestone in my life because it began actually with 'Devdas'. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Critics have a job to do. They do not criticise you without reason. — Abhishek Bachchan

My experience of being on the public platform got more multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, and my place in the public eye, I think, has always been a little more than just what is going on in that time in my life. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be. — Abhishek Bachchan

Anybody who has interacted with me will definitely find me to be a chirpy person. — Abhishek Bachchan

The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage. — Amitabh Bachchan

I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen. — Abhishek Bachchan

The best part about being a superstar is that you can wear the most outrageous of clothes and they say 'it's in!' — Amitabh Bachchan

I have no hang-ups in life. I don't care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and ethics. I have never been egoistic about my stardom and lineage. I don't have any qualms about breaking the ice with my colleagues. I can walk up to any actor and greet him, irrespective of what kind of equation I share with him. — Abhishek Bachchan

My daughter is not an object to flash around or a prized item to put on display. — Abhishek Bachchan

Haters are a drop in the ocean. Theres that much more love — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I like working on my birthday, so I always do. — Abhishek Bachchan

In my childhood I was obsessed with cameras but could not afford one. After much persuasion my father Harivansh Rai Bachchan bought me a box camera which I treasured for years. Initially I clicked trees and nature and as I grew up started noticing prettier things-motorbike, sleek cars and cool girls. But the hamartia of life is when you desire something you cannot afford it and when you are able to afford it you are too old to use it. Now I don't need all gadgets but it's satisfying to know that at least I can afford them. — Amitabh Bachchan

In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very seldom do you get a film where you can walk away from your image. — Abhishek Bachchan

I really believe at the end of the day, regardless of how noble you are or how patriotic the film might be, it has to serve as entertainment in order for your audiences to come into the theatre and watch it. Otherwise, audiences will wait and see it a few months later when it is premiered on television. — Abhishek Bachchan

You can work really hard on your physicality, on your craft, on the films you do. You can choose the best of directors, the best of productions, get the best technicians, you can put your entire body and soul into the making of a film, but at the end of the day, it all depends on the mood of that one audience member that goes into that theater. — Abhishek Bachchan

By the grace of God, my parents were fantastic. We were a very normal family, and we have had a very middle-class Indian upbringing. We were never made to realise who we were or that my father and mother were huge stars - it was a very normal house, and I'd like my daughter to have the same thing. — Abhishek Bachchan

My family is my strength and my weakness. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars. — Abhishek Bachchan

When I was in school, sport was given utmost importance. I think it's fantastic for character building, for team playing, and I think it's a great profile for a nation. One in every six people on Earth is an Indian, and I look forward to the day when we can compete with the heavyweights of the sporting world and do well in the medal tally. — Abhishek Bachchan

Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets. — Abhishek Bachchan

Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment. — Abhishek Bachchan

Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say ... 'It would have been better if ... ' or 'had it been ... ' and this is all about evolving. — Abhishek Bachchan

Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films. — Abhishek Bachchan

There are no free lunches in life. You have to earn it. I am paying my dues. People have accused me of having it easy because I am Amitabh Bachchan's son. Yes, I am his son, and I've never run away from it. I work hard to make him proud. — Abhishek Bachchan

I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I am really OK with the way I look. It's fine. All this is transient. I mean, it's really, you know, it changes with time, and that's the external. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

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. — Amitabh Bachchan

I don't know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It's such a beautiful experience. I so strongly recommend it. It's bliss, love and fulfillment of another level. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host's grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that. — Abhishek Bachchan

A body of clay, a mind full of play, a moment's life - that's me. — Harivanshrai Bachchan

I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

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. — Amitabh Bachchan

I've always been the kind of person that if I take on anything professionally it means commitment to me, so you take it on if you can commit to it and if you know you can accommodate and give your best to it and that's what you do, and I have always done that throughout my life - before marriage, after marriage, before motherhood, after motherhood. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media. — Amitabh Bachchan

Every film for every actor is a make-or-break film. I believe every film has the power to break you or make you. So, an actor will treat every film like his last film. That's the way we need to work, and that's the way you can drum up that passion needed to do good work. — Abhishek Bachchan

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 world that will be acting in Hollywood films. — Amitabh Bachchan

Weight gain can happen at any point in time, and it is something that you are dealing with anyway, and it is OK. It is ridiculous to have this dictate your very being because I have always said that it is not the outside that defines who you are. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that's what you seem to have mastered. You've used silence to great advantage in the film. It's brilliant. — Amitabh Bachchan

I'm just an average woman with average concerns. — Aishwarya Rai 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 happening to you and you don't know how you bounced back. — Amitabh Bachchan

I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round. — Amitabh Bachchan

Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them. — Abhishek Bachchan

I think every school in the world should have a sports program. — Abhishek Bachchan