“Film industry people don't read books.” — Naseeruddin Shah Quote

Film industry people don't read books.

There's so much hocus-pocus about acting styles; there's too much mysticism attached to it. But it's a craft like any other - it's something you have to work hard at.

Finally, I have realised that it is important to look good.

I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved.

When my bank balance runs low, then I sign a big Bollywood monstrous movie, and I make sure that I am safe for the next few years.

At the time I wrote 'Forever,' I had a 14-year-old daughter, and she was reading a lot of books about young love.

I find that the history books that we teach our kids with are not fully truthful, in my opinion.

We live in the country, and I have a huge library there. When we go to London for the winter I never know which books to take. I never know what I am going to need. That's the only disadvantage.

Unfortunately writers take a very small part of the profit on their books, and I think in the e-book world there is a real danger they will take even less, unless they are vigilant and robust about protecting their own interests.