Prateik Babbar Quotes

I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy.

It doesn't bother me whether I am or I'm not compared to my dad. I do not feel any pressure at all from being his son.

When I first started pursuing acting professionally out of college, it was very much in my head that there would be comparisons with potentially both of my parents, and I found that pretty intimidating.

Oh, I get compared to my mum in many way, be it looks, the performance or whatever else, but none of this seems like a negative.

My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown.

I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of things as a child as an actor as well, and he... he failed, basically.

When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd.

I want my family to resemble the family I came from.

My plan was never to be an actor like my father.

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.

When I went to drama school, I thought that everybody would think I was only there because my dad was on TV.

My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, and she thought it was too crazy for me. She wanted me to be married with children, to be independent, yes, but not to have a crazy life.

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.

I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.

Both my parents were huge stars. I would never have attempted to become as big of stars as they were because they lived in a different era.

I come from very creative parents.

Both my parents are actors.

Both Aishwaryaa and Soundarya are talented and ambitious. They are both daughters of the Superstar and have great command over their craft.

Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.

My mum wanted me to be a doctor like my dad, and at 7, I really wanted to be a politician, and I managed in my mind to combine the two.

Sometimes, if I felt badly about myself, I could slyly pull out that I have this famous father.

After the music that had been created by my family, I thought there was no way I could stack up.

I grew up the son of a businessman. And I didn't get into music to be a businessman.

I don't think kids of actors become good actors but exceptions are always there.

My father, who is now in Heaven, was a supporter of La U, and I think the truth is that a lot of my family would like me to end up there. My dad was the pillar of the family, and sometimes people do things for their family as well.