Quotes from Victor Banerjee

I always like science fiction.

There's no such thing as an easy role. Every part, you take it lightly and it will get screwed.

Hindi commercial cinema has denigrated women. We owe a debt of ingratitude to Bollywood for having insidiously polluted our culture covertly.

When I don't have the time to be in the Himalayas, I am in Bombay, Los Angles or N.Y. or Paris or wherever.

Our armed forces, not our parliament of dunces, are our pride. Doubting our armed forces' integrity and honesty is a disgraceful travesty.

My connection to Dima Hasao has been very old. As a child I used to visit the place and have always been mesmerized by its breathtaking beauty.

People believe I am selective. I am not. Directors pick me, not I them.

I want to settle down in Mussorie. I'm in love with the Himalaya.

The Calcutta public accepted me and put me where I am. I will always be grateful to them.

I'm a person who believes in rules.

Bollywood is a cancer.

I'm very proud of my performance in 'Bow Barracks Forever.' This was one of my most enjoyable experiences.

I badly wanted to play Dr. Aziz but I knew I wasn't going to get it. I didn't go to be interviewed until I finally was forced to by the director I was working with in Calcutta. I thought, they aren't going to give me that part. I didn't want to go there and be told I wasn't good enough, or that I didn't suit the part.

I loved Peter Sellers whenever he played an Indian.

Everybody is a film critic today, just like everybody who has a DSLR or a mobile phone is a photographer today. But, a saturation point will come some day.

Bengali serials are far superior than their Mumbai counterparts.

Sometimes I am surprised by the kind of roles that are offered to me.

I loved working with Ram Gopal Varma in 'Bhoot.' Surprisingly, he remembered my earlier performances and narrated them to me frame by frame when we met for the first time.

We Bengalis are querulous, arrogant, oversensitive and far, far too emotional. We cry too often and laugh too hard. We wave our passions like bright flags. Calcutta is our city.

We see so much violence in films, whether it is Bollywood or south films. People are shown blowing up each other onscreen. It's like a seed that is planted and you keep feeding it with small doses. It's cancerous and does affect society.

I had the most amazing childhood in the natural surroundings of Assam.

The rich have lots of money. The wealthy have lots of time. I've done enough to have lots of time today to watch sunrises and get drenched in the rain.

'As The River Flows' is an important Assamese film with a message for everybody to ponder upon.

I was so happy when grown men cried watching my performance with my screen son Sanjay Suri in 'My Brother Nikhil.'