Vicky Kaushal Quotes

You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it.

It's often said that if doing something was easy, everyone would be doing it. I think that's particularly true when you're trying to make your mark or architect your own career. There's often not a path to follow.

I didn't have any godfather in the industry and had to prove myself with each film.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

I'm not embarrassed to say I want to be successful, but only on my terms.

Just as much as you need the people who love you, you need the people who doubt you - to prove them wrong.

When I entered Bollywood, I didn't have any advantage over anyone. I didn't know how to act, I was not from the industry, I didn't know the language, and I didn't know how to dance. So, whatever films I was getting, I was just taking them up.

My dad discouraged me and my older sister watching too much TV. I don't want to portray them as crazy hippies, but I definitely feel like I was influenced by their creativity. But did I want to have an acting career myself? I didn't think so. I think my goal really was to direct. I really wanted to make stories in that capacity.

I don't mind proving myself again and again.

I really do think that is why this country is so great: If you want to accomplish something, then you must do it.

It isn't easy to break into Bollywood. But that's not my goal.

I definitely had to pave my own path, which wasn't always the easiest thing to do.

As a true-blue Punjabi, I have learnt to tackle disappointments, especially since I have no godfather in the industry.

You have to fight hard to get where you want to be. I never had any backing. I just had to kick the door down and barge through.

The thing that has led me to the place that I am is that every moment in my life, I've been following my dream: following my dream to go to the University of Toronto, following my dream to get my Ph.D., following my dream to work in Hollywood.

My stubbornness helped me for the first half of my career; I had that real determination to do it my way - I know the best way. That helped me from a 14-year-old to 25 in getting me to where I got to.

I only can talk about myself and my experience. Honestly, working on your own terms is difficult for a newcomer but not impossible. I am an example of that.

Nobody gave me anything. I conquered everything. And I gave them a lot more than they gave me back.

The main quality I have is my mentality because I never gave up - I never, ever give up. I have been like that since I was young. I knew I had to take my chance when it came. Nobody gives you anything. You have to go and take it and this was the way I think.

You want to be in control of a lot. You grow up. You sink or swim. I suppose I swam.

Winners are not born, they are self-made.

If you've ever been hungry then you'll never be full and I know what it's like to be hungry. When I was 13, I realized I could control my destiny through hard work. I had my hands and I was going to work my ass off, I was going to initiate and create some sort of change in my life.

My parents always told me I could do anything, but never told me how long it would take

You can't wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you've paid your dues.

Lift up yourselves, men, take yourselves out of the mire and hitch your hopes to the very stars themselves. Let no man pull you down, let no man destroy your ambition, because man is but your companion, your equal; man is your brother; he is not your Lord, he is not your sovereign master.