Angad Bedi Quotes

What I have to offer as a writer/director is the stuff with the feeling in it.

When I look at jobs, one of the most relevant questions I ask is, 'Is this something I've done before, or is it a chance to experience a new context, tone and relationship?' I also ask if it's a story worth telling and a character with a reason to exist... someone who reflects the human condition.

I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever.

I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.

The more I make films, the more I feel less inclined to talk about them and just let people watch them. I feel that the pictures are telling the story, and I can't really add anything except just talking about the technicalities of what happened on the day.

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

Sometimes a time dictates what a film will be. Sometimes a film dictates what the time will be.

I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

Directing is definitely something that is in my life for keeps, and the more I do it, the more I realize how much I want to learn and how much I have to give. And it kind of bolsters my acting - it enhances it in a really wonderful way that I wasn't expecting.

Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.

As a filmmaker, you want people to understand and get what you do, and it's a lot to ask for.

With acting, you do want to get every job, and you're trying to get every audition, but then you reach a certain stage where you start to kind of gravitate toward the stories and the people that have a similar heartbeat.

The people I met for the first time in the period when I was making films like 'Tum Bin,' 'Ra.One,' 'Dus,' 'Cash' would often remark that I was very unlike the person who had made those films. This is not the best thing for a film-maker to hear because your film should reflect your personality, thinking, philosophy and character.

As a filmmaker, it's not my intent to trigger or shape national discourse. My task is to make as powerful and understandable a film as I can. What happens next is what happens next.

I think there was an opportunity as Bad News Barrett to turn me in to a babyface. I am not saying that I would have gotten to the level The Rock got to but it was certainly a chance for me to do something different and keep me motivated and stimulated by what I was doing on the show.

I want my films to do the talking. I feel if people have to understand me better, I should do more good films. I just want them to know me through my films.

Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.

As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.

I have a list of things I want to say through my films and I have started doing that.

My basic mission as an artist is to communicate with people. Therefore, I am conscious I have to make films that people can digest.

I'm still interested in perfecting whatever talents I have and continuing to grow as an actor and continuing to be useful to the telling of the story.

By the time I finished my first three films, I realised this is something I want to do for a long time, learn, and grow in.

I think part of the reason anyone goes into journalism is to get a response to what they write.

Every film I've done, I've tried to pick ones where I can learn.