Quotes from Prosenjit Chatterjee

I take eight meals a day.

Life is like a circle and you have to know when to move on. Success and failure are a part and parcel of it.

All of Bengal knows about my differences with my father. He's based in Mumbai. I never visit him. He never visits me. We are not enemies. But neither are we friends.

For me, 'Shanghai' is beyond language. For me, it's good cinema. The language is incidental.

My audiences are giving me awards every day.

When I need to go to my bank, I'll do television.

I am a person who believes in giving due respect to everyone.

With excessive digitisation, now, everyone is making films, which is good, but the makers think that they will quickly make films in digital and bag satellite rights but television channels buy satellite rights of notable films only. If we made fewer films a year, percentage of hits would be better.

I watch all kinds of Indian cinema. There are many good films in Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam.

I'm very happy that whenever we talk about Bengali cinema anywhere in India, people talk about me with a lot of respect.

I do not want to be a part of Hindi cinema's rat race. But yes, if I get offers and characters which I feel would suit me as well as make some difference to me, I will do a Hindi film.

If get an off on a Sunday, I try to keep my script-readings, meet my directors, plan film releases.

All my life, Sundays have been a working day.

We should celebrate love on all the 365 days.

Working with Atanu again after 'Mayurakshi' is quite a challenge for me.

Shyambazar evokes a strong sense of nostalgia in me. There's not a theatre in that area where I haven't watched a movie. I also have fond memories of going grocery-shopping at Grey Street with my grandparents.

I have not planned my Bollywood career the way I have planned my career in Bengali films.

Talent is a very cliched word. Hard work is the key and I am a very hard working person.

When it comes to my industry, I will always be there to voice our concerns.

I have no connections with any political event.

When people started recognising me as a 'chocolate hero,' I switched on to action movies and became an action star. I kept reinventing myself. it was a continuous process.

I believe my biggest critic is me only.

Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.

After 20 years and 250 mainstream films, I thought I should have in my library at least 50 films, films that will be talked about when I am no more.