Abhay Deol Quotes

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

I'm the first one in line to go watch 'Spider-Man', but there's definitely something in me that makes me want to go to a movie and see something that makes me feel good about life.

Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.

I want to do Indian films based on scripts with a universal appeal.

Bollywood is just amazing.

The film 'Slumdog Millionaire' portrays the spirit you feel in India. For those who haven't been there, the film says it all.

There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

I'm fascinated by Bollywood.

A lot of people in India are not that into non-Indian films or Western films.

At the end of the Depression, people were perhaps looking for something to cheer themselves up. They fell in love with a dog and a little girl. It won't happen again.

Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

The thing people don't get about Indian films is that the songs are the story.

Misery's fine - as long as you know you can get out of it when you want to.

I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.

I love Hindi films.

I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.

Houdini connected to people on an emotional level so that when he would escape that straight jacket it wasn't about the straight jacket. It was about people looking at it and escaping poverty. When you have that it's the truest form of magic.

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life.

Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven.

There are large numbers of people in India below the poverty line; there are large numbers of people who lead a meager existence. They want to find a little escape from the hardships of life and come and watch something colorful and exciting and musical. Indian cinema provides that.

We must have song and dance in our lives; we've had it ever since the inception of cinema in India. Our stories are very social-based, very human-based. We are a very emotional nation.

Few years ago, it was completely different. Now you go to any country, city, or continent and just say 'Bollywood,' and they will know. So, it means everybody is watching everything.

India as a film-making nation has gained recognition, at last, at most important Western and Far Eastern forums.

Theatre reminds me of Bollywood.