Quotes from Mahesh Manjrekar

I don't think there is a better human being than Salman. He is always there for you, just a call away. I have never seen a more rooted guy than him.

In many ways, Bengalis and Marathis happen to be very similar. Both love theatre, literature and seafood.

Personally, I might be all for parallel or experimental cinema, but when I'm making a film, I don't mind adding a commercial tadka.

I don't have the patience... an angry man cannot get into politics.

Only good performers get to work with me.

Sometimes we might feel that a soldier's duty is to protect us and he doesn't have any emotions, but he has. He is vulnerable and close to his family just like us. But what makes him different from us is the fact that he has the will to die so that we are safe.

Bollywood is never going to take a backseat for me because I have nothing against it. But I have decided that I make at least one Marathi film a year.

With the advent of multiplexes, the audiences coming in are not bothered by who's in the film. We need not run after stars.

Hey, I do take breaks between my shooting schedules! But then, my schedules are like a month long.

Priyanka Chopra has produced a Marathi film. Even John Abraham announced he wants to make a Marathi film. Suddenly everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon. Shah Rukh, Rohit Shetty also want to do a Marathi film. There is an awareness. But I hope they don't come and spoil the market by making their kind of cinema.

I did not choose 'Kaksparsh,' the film chose me.

Amitabh doesn't surprise me because he has been there, done that.

Acting is closed and 'Dabanng' will be my last film as an actor in Bollywood. I don't know, it does not excite me anymore and I have always believed I am a limited actor.

Whatever age you are in, there are always complications in every relationship.

For 'Astitva,' I needed actors who were good and committed and could portray the character's growth over a period of time - from 21 to 47 years.

It is absolutely essential that we take care of ourselves and our loved ones.

Sometimes people pretend to be someone else and act in a different way, everyone carries an invisible mask.

I just hope that everyone tells their children, especially daughters, to fight for their rights!

I realized after my first play that no one was going to offer me roles for theatre. So I started my own theatre company even though I was in deep debt in 1988.

Working with people like Deepti Naval and Siddharth Malhotra is always a delight because they understand the craft and the script is their topmost priority.

I do not want to waste my time by counting films of other producers as I have better things to perform.

Marathi film producers conveniently blame the audience. If there are 70-odd flops in a year, there are a few that are hit because the same audience comes to the theatres.

It is not easy acting and directing yourself because you have to face the camera as well as look at the scene through the lens.

I love to experiment, I don't have a fear of failure.