Quotes from Chunky Pandey

I have made mistakes in my career by associating with films which were mediocre because I needed money at that time.

I owe much to Sangeeth. His film 'Apna Sapna Money Money' brought me back in a big way.

I can't sit at one place for long in my own house, forget about 'Bigg Boss.' I have ants in my pants.

In showbiz, so much success and fame comes your way and then it passes on to someone else.

We have this impression of Africa being a large mass of homogenous land but Africa is actually very diverse. I had shot for 'Vishwatma' there ages ago and then visited again for my honeymoon.

I believe an actor should be shameless.

I could not keep my success. I had such a great run. By 93-94, it all came to an end and I had to go to Bangladesh and work there.

In 'Begum Jaan,' a lot of people did not recognize me as my look was different. That is the big thing and it means you have gone so much into your character.

I was born on Dev Anand's birthday so I believe... the older I get, the better I become.

For Ananya, It's Bollywood all the way. She was obsessed about it, I thought there was something wrong with her. She was good at academics, so I thought she would become a doctor like my both parents. But, when she got to class VI or so I knew she would be an actress.

In fact, both my parents were doctors but I was a duffer.

I often tell my daughter that it is very easy to handle failure because when you are a failure, nobody is bothered about you. Nobody will look at you even if you cry. But when you are successful, then it becomes difficult or even impossible to handle it.

My mother was a doctor and so I spent a lot of time with Hirabai, our maid. One day, she got home and saw Hirabai bouncing me on her lap and cooing, 'Chunky, chunky.' She liked the name and it stuck.

Failure is quite easy to handle because no one is looking at you. Success is difficult to keep and not everyone could handle it.

I can't expect to be playing the lead and romancing heroines, so I'll do what I'm best suited for and I'm doing that happily.

I have done comedy and now I did a negative role. So for future I guess I wanna do an emotional character and make my audience cry.

If you cash in on people, then they aren't your friends.

Today you see so many lady-boys in Bangkok roaming the streets where they have even removed their Adam's apple through surgery to look like girls. That's tampering with nature, but I feel if one needs to do little things to look good as we are in the looks business, then one shouldn't hesitate to do plastic surgery.

If in the first 30 seconds, a comedian cannot bring a smile to your face, he is not an entertainer.

My face looks tanned and taut because I have been swimming under the sun at Otters Club every day. I have also lost a lot of weight. But I want to do plastic surgery.

Javier Bardem though is my man crush.

There have been number of films that have been made with Mumbai as a backdrop or a character. 'Company,' 'Life In A Metro,' 'Ek Chalis Ki Last Local' - they all have presented Mumbai in a different manner.

I drink many cups of green tea, 12 oranges in a day and lots of salmon. They are all food with anti-oxidants.

I never go by past accolades or failures.