Paul Eenhoorn Quotes

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.

Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.

It was very weird because for a long time no one really recognised me from my films, but 'The Hobbit' has totally changed that, and I've had some really special moments, especially with youngsters.

Praise is nothing that accumulates. Praise is a sequence, especially if you've toiled for a long time. Praise does not pile up. So in a way, you can't get too much. I don't consider it to be a quantity that you can measure by volume.

It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.

I am glad that critics and filmmakers liked my work, and I have been warmly welcomed in Bollywood.

When I first met Sam Mendes, I was a bit confused and said to him, 'I'm 50 years old. What am I going to do at 50 in a Bond film?'

Having the respect of your peers means the world to me.

There's no socially acceptable middle age.

It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.

I don't mind being older. I'm proud of my age. I've achieved a lot. It's the same thing with Mick and the Stones. They should be revered and respected. Isn't it strange that now we're living longer we have so much less respect for old age? Perhaps it's a less valuable commodity?

When a director you admire says that he wants to work with you, it's always a compliment, very good for your ego.

The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from it or deny that it happened. That does a disservice to most actors. To me, it looks like you're ungrateful.

My fans are the most important people in my career, and I've always wanted to do something in return for them.

I have never won a single award - National or Filmfare - and I just hope they don't give me a Lifetime Achievement Award because I won't accept it.

It's nice to have awards from time to time. There was a time when I had to make a living from my writing, and it wasn't always easy. I value awards a lot - and more so if there is a little cash with them!

I just want people to respect me as an actor. Now, whether that makes me a star or not doesn't really matter.

It feels good to be featured in a film poster. I didn't have it in the beginning of my career.

I think ageing is challenging, surprising, fun, and full of friendship, so that is the approach I'll take, objecting to the stigmatization of ageing in so many modern societies.

My creative energy and inputs have always been respected.

When you do a film with somebody who's my age - which is always the role of a mother or a grandmother - despite of well-defined characters, you don't get to play a very large part as the main leads get prominence.

When you're respected by your peers, that's amazing.

I owe all the name and fame I have earned to regional cinema.

The stars of yesteryears are the grandmothers of today, so why would they cast a Suhasini Mulay, when they can cast a Hema Malini?