Abhay Deol Quotes

I started in movies in 1963, and the first big one was 'Rosemary's Baby' in 1967. While you don't notice it right away, it finally dawns on you that 80% of the time, you're doing nothing.

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

I moved to L.A. to write and direct. I had no intentions of being in front of the camera.

Honestly, after about three years on a show, you're like, 'Thank you very much for giving me a step up. Now can I go do movies?'

I love making independent movies, and that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my years.

Acting has been my first passion, and turning a producer was a natural progression.

I position everything else in my life around making movies.

I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.

I stopped acting a long time ago and my primary career has been producing-directing film.

I have been doing films since I was seven. I really love the medium itself.

It was a natural progression for me to find that if acting was what made me most comfortable, the best thing for me to progress toward was television and film.

I was a documentary film-maker for 26 years before I became a full time actor.

When I was in MTV, I wasn't really looking out to do films.

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film.

I started out doing commercials, like Diet Coke and Pizza Hut. And I started to find there was a different life for me, in a different field. From there, I got a call from a director in Italy, and we did 'Indio' I and II, and that's where it started.

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce and stuff as well.

I've been on sets my whole life.

I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.

I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

In 2000, I realized I had reached that certain age when the parts get scarcer. So I decided to try my hand at directing.

I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.