Quotes from Jeetendra

I was glad to know that 'Caravan' was one of the first movies from Bollywood that was loved by the Chinese audience.

Television is not an easy medium, as keeping the audience glued to the TV screens day after day is something which requires a lot of effort.

One may get everything in life but to find true and good friends is difficult.

I think we as fathers have to say good things about our children or else they will beat us.

There was a time when I was called the wizard of the box-office.

Were Sridevi and Jaya Prada rivals? Look, I worked with both extensively. I even did films in which both were my co-stars. I never saw then being anything but thoroughly professional with one another.

I can't wait to be a grandfather.

My son Tusshar has given me a wonderful reason to be grateful for my life. My grandson has brought such joy in my family's lives.

I can never forget the thrill of buying my first Fiat.

Farz' proved to be a flop for the first 10 weeks. I remember buying tickets worth Rs 5000 myself, just so the film would run in theatres longer. And in the 11th week the film miraculously picked up and ran for 50 weeks!

When television became popular, reality shows started coming up and with such reality shows, people got a platform to show their talent.

Released in 1967, 'Farz' was the remake of a Telegu film that was turned down by most actors of the time - Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra... I was the needy and greedy one then and signed the film gladly.

I don't know much of direction even after acting in so many movies. In fact, I still don't understand some simple things.

I started out with V Shantaram. But my favourite director has been Gulzar, with whom I did intelligent cinema in movies like 'Khushboo,' 'Kinara' and 'Parichay.'

My life is very simple, it is not worth being written into a biography, for that 'masala' is required.

Jatin Khanna and I both changed our names for the silver screen. He became known the world over as Rajesh Khanna and from Ravi Kapoor, I transformed into Jeetendra! A little known fact is that we were also school friends.

As a child I liked to watch movies. As a young man I wanted to work in films.

I genuinely treasure my friends, they are my real support... What I get from them is big support, relief and relaxation as we meet every day to play cards.

Ekta was an average student, and it's wonderful to see her success. She has tremendous conviction.

I came from a middle class family hence I had to struggle hard for success.

It is the public which turns a raja into 'rank' and a hero into a zero.

That is the one missing link in my life. I wish I had spent more time with my children.

I can never forget Sridevi's determination to make it big in Bollywood.

I always thought that consuming ghee is unhealthy and leads to putting on too much weight, but I was proved wrong.