Quotes from Saswata Chatterjee

I will only sign on the dotted line if I feel my role is meaningful.

My only resolution in life is to remain fit and healthy, as health is wealth.

The only problem with a TV serial is you never know where it will go.

I did not have to think much doing Bob Biswas in 'Kahaani.'

I am surprised that everyone loves a criminal. It amazes me and I really don't know how to react to it. Bob Biswas has become some sort of an idol, which is interesting because such a thing has happened for the first time.

Being creative and emotional, artistes sometimes go through difficult phases in life, but one has to look at life as a bigger canvas. It's like a big journey.

In some cases, mobile phones have made people extremely unsocial. I don't like that.

Even when people are watching a movie in a multiplex, they insult the film by constantly checking their phones and flashing lights. At times, even when the audience is being told to not flash their cameras, they do, and you can't do anything because it's a habit for them and they can't stop. I don't want that for myself.

My physical appearance is very average.

It's true I was approached for 'Heroine' but I couldn't do the film as the dates were clashing with Kamaleswar Mukherjee's film 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' based on the life of Ritwik Ghatak, where I played the lead.

Acting is the only profession in the world where you can travel and see various places without having to spend money from your own pocket.

The first condition for comedy is that if you laugh at your own jokes, others won't laugh. You have to say something funny very seriously.

Whenever it is inspired by literature a film is elevated and the audience connects.

How long will we show birds and bees in love scenes? The world has moved on and we should portray intimate scenes realistically.

Smartphones are good but I often ask myself whether I am good enough to handle it. Like, few days ago I saw a man talking over his phone while crossing the road. And I was driving then. I was surprised to see he didn't even look at the car in front of him.

Bob has died in 'Kahaani' and so the tag should not be anymore with me now.

I still can't get over Sushant Singh Rajput's demise. I got to work with him in 'Dil Bechara.' He was such a jovial and promising guy with no starry tantrums.

I am grateful to Robi Ghosh, who used to praise me a lot. It is because of him that I got the lead role in 'Kalpurush,' my first Hindi serial.

Playing difficult characters is definitely challenging but playing the Mahanayak is not only difficult but one can't prepare himself for such roles as no preparation is enough for these kind of roles.

I look like a typical Bengali. Whereas the qualities people were used to seeing in heroes were dance and action, which aren't really Bengali characteristics.

I don't actually need a phone because wherever I go, it's always pre-planned. I have never faced problems for not using a mobile phone, maybe because I am still not used to checking WhatsApp messages.

I can't run away from my prior commitments in Tollywood just because I have an offer from Bollywood.

I didn't have the privilege to enter the industry just because my father is Subhendu Chatterjee. I am nowhere near my father's charismatic look. I chose this profession out of my passion for acting.

'Damadol' is a dig at commercial cinema where I play the role of the blunt-headed producer who loves masala flicks and feels he knows everything about films.