“If I want to do song and dance, I will and I would like to but I don't...” — Abhay Deol Quote

“If I want to do song and dance, I will and I would like to but I don't want to do it in every film. Where is the novelty then? It just takes the fun out of work for me.”

“I am most attracted to characters and stories that I can relate to. The traditional formula of 'larger than life' I never found attractive.”

“It would be great to read a script, which is an action script uniquely written so that it doesn't cost an arm or a leg because we are now accustomed to seeing action in the superhero form.”

“I always try to do middle-of-the-road cinema.”

“I always pick characters where it's not his muscles or dance skills that help him, because not all of us can look like that. I am more like someone who'd beat up ten guys, not with his muscles, but his strategy.”

“As long as it excites me, I am game for it.”

“I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.”

“Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.”

“I'm a flash in the pan: a novelty.”

“Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.”

“Nature conserves, prefers novelty.”

“I own a lot of novelty knitwear and I think some of it's quite fun.”