Quotes from Prosenjit Chatterjee

Well, being fit is not about flaunting muscles or biceps. Being fit is about flexibility and fit is about flexibility and body composition.

I love to prepare for my roles.

Since 80% of my career has been devoted to successful commercial cinema, I have always been told that I do not know how to act.

To portray a singer who gets on stage at night, who is away from the limelight, is never an easy task.

Whenever there is a discussion on Tollywood anywhere in the world, people talk about Prosenjit Chatterjee - what else can I ask for?

When I started my career, I was faced with a challenge of making my own identity.

Ask anyone in the industry if Bumbada is accessible. A technical hand can call me at 2 A.M. and I will be there to help him.

Working out, for me, is like brushing my teeth. So, I can't cheat on that.

I am open to do a Telugu, Tamil or Malayali movie. If I get a good script and good character, I will surely do it.

My final ambition is to turn director.

Cinema is a temple and who am I to say which person deserves entry?

I am a wholesale entertainer.

We lack good film scriptwriters. People like Anjan Chowdhury who could develop scripts of pure entertainers are quite difficult to find now. There are obviously some exceptions like Padmanabha Dasgupta. But how many scripts can one single Padmanabha Dasgupta churn out!

I want to act in films such as 'My Left Foot' and 'A Beautiful Mind.'

When critics called me a duplicate of my father, I knew I can't do anything about my genes but I ensured that I shed the romantic image and create my individual style.

As a good actor, I think you need to know camera, dubbing etc.

I was never serious about Bollywood films, but when I was offered a film like 'Shanghai,' I took it because it is a good film.

I wanted to be a hero, then I wanted to be an actor. But always I wanted to be respected as a good human being.

I used to sit on the editing table to see where I may have gone wrong because after editing, only the good parts go on screen.

I respect Malayalam films the same way I respect Bengali films. I think Malayalam films have not compromised on the essence and have kept their own statement and are coming up with very good themes.

Bengal has always produced good cinema, be it Satyajit Ray or Ritwik Ghatak.

I don't have a fixed fitness regime, as everything depends on my work schedule and my fitness instructor. But I make sure that I work out 365 days a year for at least one and a half hours, no matter what.

A handsome period of my childhood was spent at our house in Tollygunge.

Praktan' saw stupendous success in Bengal, can it not be remade in Hindi? It sure can.