Govinda Quotes

I am not saying that I won't do big commercial films.

I turned down 'American Gigolo.' There are many films - like 'Ghostbusters' - that I turned down... The first one I did was 'Foul Play' with Goldie Hawn, but I turned down 'Animal House' - I turned that down.

Well, I would want 'Race 3' to change the course of my career, but whether that will happen is something which we will know only when the film releases.

There are a lot of people who approached me after 'Dangal' and 'Stree' to do films in lead roles with great money. But I don't want to rush into it. I want you to call me with a happy face that the film is rocking... And that will only happen if I make wise and patient decisions.

I'm getting good exposure because of the movies I'm picking and the people I'm working with.

I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.

I'm not averse to being in big commercial films.

I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies.

You know what I did? I turned down an offer to do 'Enemy of the People' with Steve McQueen. It doesn't matter that the film was never really released. A movie like that, successful or not, adds to your credits. It leads to other roles.

The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another.

Yes, I would love to play one of the leads in one these movies and have all those challenges and deal with all those complications, but the business being what it is, there is a slot for me in these kinds of films, so I enjoy them, and I enjoy the people that I work with.

What I'm looking for is the variety of choices and the opportunity to work with great directors - that's what I'm looking for.

You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. There's no real way around that. That said, you don't ever make decisions solely for that reason.

In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

From 'Polytechnique,' I started to get scripts and after 'Incendies,' of course, it exploded.

Basically, I always thought that if I had a movie that did well enough and warranted having a sequel, I would seriously entertain it because that's a huge blessing when that happens in your career.

We shot many films in Delhi that turned out to be successful at the box office. So the attachment is definitely on the positive side.

I think, at one point, I'd been in the five most expensive movies ever made - not that I had large parts in them. 'Apocalypse Now' was one.

'The Last Seduction,' 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'While You Were Sleeping' did a lot to get me noticed for bigger roles.

It was director Krishna Reddy who introduced me as a hero. All my films with him have been very successful.

I am not at a level where I will be flooded with offers. Hopefully, things will change after 'Pink.' It is one film after 'Shaitan' where I am hoping things will change for me.

I am delighted to have won a place in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.

I will not hesitate to take up good film offers.

What is important to me is the mileage a particular role I depict gets on the silver screen.