Chunky Pandey Quotes

I've learnt so much from Mithunda.

I am inspired by the work done by Vidya Balan and Priyanka Chopra. They are both versatile and extremely talented actors.

I have always admired Mr. Naseeruddin Shah, Mr. Anupam Kher, the late Om Puri ji, and Amitabh Bachchan.

My gurus were Dharmendra and Shatrughan Sinha.

I've always admired actors such as Tabu, Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi and I'd like to do the kind of roles that they have done.

A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.

I'd say people that really inspired me at first were like, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey... serious Jim Carrey though.

It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice.

In Bollywood, I think Boman Irani and Vinay Pathak are unbelievably good at comedy.

Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.

Inspiration can come from anywhere. But I do love actors. I wish I could drop a bunch of names, but there are just too many.

I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.

Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.

My mentors are people like Cameron Crowe and Carrie Fisher.

Growing up, I was certainly drawn to comedy, but my goal was just to be as well-rounded an actor as possible. I really liked Daniel Day-Lewis, and I thought, 'Oh, he's a good guy to try and emulate.'

I've always maintained that RD Burman and Sanjeev Kumar were my two anchors.

I love and respect the Indian film industry specially Salman Khan is such a huge star and so humble.

I hope I get an opportunity to work with Akshay Kumar and Prabhu Deva, as they are very supportive people.

I am glad that actors like Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan are doing justice to comedy. But in our days, nobody could beat Sunil Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan.

I was looking forward to knowing Shah Rukh and get to know how he works, what is his process like and how he is as a person. There are millions like me who dream about working with him some day. His film 'Baazigar' really inspired me.

Shah Rukh Khan's stardom always inspires me. His sensibilities, way of life and the way he does business, I love him for that.

Most of the actresses I have worked with have started their career in South and then shifted to Bollywood.

There are so many great directors and actors, like Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Rakeysh Ompraskash Mehra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Basu - the list is very long. I hope at some point I get to work with them.