Quotes from Vishwajeet Pradhan

After two years in TV, I realized that I need a break from 9 to 5 routine work. I just wanted to explore and get back to movies for a while.

On television one gets to do things in detail and at an easier pace. You can experiment a lot with the character, give it lot more time, and let it grow.

Waxing is a very painful exercise and I don't know how women do it so often.

Television demands continuity and more work month after month. One has to also maintain quality as it reaches not just India but U.K., Canada, Pakistan, and Dubai as well. It is very powerful. And the risk of flopping like a film is also not there!

I have always seen Rajesh Khanna coming on the sets with his secretary only and no one from his family.

Getting into acting was a challenge for me as I belonged to a political family.

I never got a lead role and I make no bones about it.

Because of television, people are now more exposed about actors - one gets to know about actor's personal life. People know that we are just playing characters.

It's not that I was not getting offers but I don't want to do petty and insignificant roles again and again.

I am choosy for the kind of show I will take up.

Fortunately, my wife shares the same values and is extremely supportive.

I got plastic surgery done on my face because my skin burnt during the shooting of one of my films.

For a man it's not easy to play a woman onscreen. You have to wax your body. You dress up a lot to be able to do justice to the portrayal.

My father was an MLA and I've grown up knowing the kind of stuff that goes behind the working of a party and the role of the party people, and I used to think that one day I too would be a part of it. But when acting happened, politics took a backseat in my mind and I concentrated more into building my acting career.

Emptiness will always cripple me.

After a certain point of time, life's practicality hits you. So I got into theatre, did stage plays and worked along with Naseeruddin Shah and Nana Patekar, people who are committed to the craft part.

Explaining to my children, especially my daughter, that I will be dressed as a woman, and will be playing a eunuch was a tough task.

I may have given my best performance but what if the role gets edited?

Where there is a hero, there is always a villain.

A police officer asked me why I agreed to play a Pakistani in my films. I told him that someone has to do different, na. If everyone will become Indian army officer then how the story will proceed?

Many number of times I say no when a producer or a director asks me to do a cop's role, unless the film is very interesting.

I have worked in Telugu films. I found Bengali easier and sweeter than Telugu.

When I got a call from Hansal Mehta, the CEO of White Feathers, asking me to come for one of their films, I was very happy. I thought they'd have an interesting role for me. But when I got to know they just wanted me to stand in for Sanjay Dutt for some scenes, I decided to give this offer the pass.

I have only one hobby and that is acting. It's my passion, my hobby, so I don't need a break to pursue my hobby.