“A lot of scripts are written with an eye on what will be popular or wh...” — Naseeruddin Shah Quote

“A lot of scripts are written with an eye on what will be popular or what will titillate or what this actor can do well. I don't think those kinds of scripts ever work.”

“Acting is fun, but directing is very stressful.”

“Nobody can send me to Pakistan. India is my country, and I love my country. Five generations of my family have lived and died on this land, and even my children will live in this country because this is my homeland.”

“I can say with pride that I have a brother who served with distinction in the Indian Army.”

“'Macbeth,' I am ambivalent about. I don't like that play, in fact.”

“When I first dreamt of becoming a movie star, I wanted to be a Gary Cooper: I wanted to be rich and famous, living in palaces and wearing dark glasses and white suits.”

“You cannot focus on things that are so far in the future when you've got things that you can't take your eye off now.”

“As an artist, you know as a person in the public eye, period, you kind of have a responsibility to the younger kids that are watching and emulating what you do.”

“I'm in the public eye. I know I'm not going to be treated like a normal person walking down the street.”

“Far too many of my peers were taken in by the jet-setting rock star lifestyle and didn't realise the money might not last forever - but I have always had an eye on the future and invest in a syndicate to share risk.”

“The least touchable object in the world is the eye.”

“I don't like to look a man in the eye.”