Varun Dhawan Quotes

I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.

In a country where there is no privileged class, genius and industry may attain the highest honors.

After a point, it doesn't matter where you come from. There are many star kids who haven't done well in the industry and rank newcomers who have done amazingly well.

I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance.

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

The modern world is a meritocracy where you earn your own luck, old school ties count for nothing, and inherited privilege can even lose a guy a clear parliamentary majority.

Equality of opportunity means the achievers must be allowed to achieve.

I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity

I think the debate around nepotism is futile because I am an outsider and I know that there is no compensation of talent.

Barack himself is very much a regular guy, not a silver spoon, incredibly smart, but, you know, he's a scholarship kid, made good use of the resources that were available to him, worked incredibly hard.

There are people a lot smarter, a lot more talented than I am, people who've accomplished things I can only imagine. Often, they started from the most humble of circumstances. That's my message: freedom and opportunity. That's the American Dream.

I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to.

No magic wands have been waved in my direction; I didn't win some kind of lottery to land a spot at one of the biggest clubs in the world.

A lot of people have that notion that it must have been easier for me because I had the Malik tag. But I don't feel it's right. With due respect to someone like Ankit Tiwari who leaves everything at home to come and make it big here without any backing, I agree I have an advantage.

There are few things that define us as a country more distinctly than the idea of the American Dream. The idea that anyone can make it here through hard work and dedication. And that dream rests on giving people here a fair shot.

You really have to prove yourself and prove your worth. I didn't come from family that had been here for generations and had all these connections.

Those who belong to the film families may have a certain advantage, but nobody can keep you in this business if you don't deserve it.

No matter where you're born in life or what the circumstances are when you're born, like your parents being poor or not connected to power, you have a chance in this country to go as far as your talent and your work will take you.

Some people can work their butts off and never get what they're aiming for while others can get it without any effort at all.

I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.

I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I know people firsthand who worked incredibly hard, who were really smart, who never got into trouble, and still didn't get a break.

I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.