Abhishek Bachchan Quotes

If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart.

Maybe this is a way of gaslighting myself, but I think of it this way: In certain circles, my grandpa was considered to be one of the seminal directors of the 20th century. I'm never going to be that. So I might as well do whatever I want.

It doesn't bother me whether I am or I'm not compared to my dad. I do not feel any pressure at all from being his son.

You feel pressure when other people's expectations are higher than your own.

I don't want to let my family down; I don't want to let myself down. That's probably the biggest thing I fear.

Every movie is unique and hence, I will not compare 'KGF' with the projects I choose in the future. So, I'm not under any pressure.

Of course people are going to compare me to my father, and there's no problem with that. At the end of the day, I'm going to have to live with that for the rest of my life, whether I like it or not.

My uncle Lionel ended up being a bug guy at 20th Century Fox, which my father had been - and, of course, my cousin Randy - you know, one of the great American songwriters. It was a storied family and, in many ways, very tough to emerge from.

As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill.

I've auditioned for pretty much every one of my father's movies.

I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.

I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.

I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.

I don't have to act for work anymore; I can act for passion. That's freeing, but it's also a prison of its own. When you can do anything you want, you're really responsible to do something great. And that's scary.

Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress.

People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them.

Don't set out to make a scary movie and then flinch every time you're supposed to scare somebody because you're afraid of being MPAA or you're afraid of your own demons or whatever.

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

Knowing that my granddad was a highly respected actor wasn't necessarily intimidating, but it definitely meant there was always a pressure to live up to his reputation. I think that's why acting wasn't something I even considered doing, as a kid.

Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic.

I'd gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and all this hype. In many ways, it was everything I ever wanted, but when it happened all I felt was total, paralysing fear.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

When I sang my father's songs in concert, that was all people wanted to hear. I was always asking myself, 'Can I measure up?'

I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.

I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.