Quotes from Abhay Deol

I have cheated. But I don't regret it because we were not serious. I wouldn't have ever done it if I were serious about the girl.

The craziest thing I've done for love? Put my life on hold.

In real life I don't chant. Nor do I believe in idol worship.

It is definitely hard when you're going against the tide. Of course, it is tough. But does that mean you can't do it? No, it depends on your strength, stamina and ability to take so much power against you.

I did get a reputation for being choosy and not very easy to be approached, and none of that is true. It is not that I am not approachable, it is just that I am trying to find myself and establish who I am as an artist.

I don't think there's anything like love at first sight. What happens is actually lust at first sight.

I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.

Fortunately, I got critic and audience acceptance much earlier than industry acceptance.

I grew up in this industry. I've seen fame up close.

It would be great to read a script, which is an action script uniquely written so that it doesn't cost an arm or a leg because we are now accustomed to seeing action in the superhero form.

When there is stuff being written about your family and people ask you questions which are very personal in nature, it makes you defensive and almost makes you angry.

I can be lazy, don't get me wrong. But it's not laziness that's holding me back, it's the system where I don't fit in.

I am most attracted to characters and stories that I can relate to. The traditional formula of 'larger than life' I never found attractive.

We are always larger than life because we come from this mentality that since we are a very poor nation, we need an escapist cinema to take us out of our miseries. And that's where Bollywood comes from.

Lot of people liked me in 'Manorama Six feet Under,' 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye,' 'Dev D' and 'Shanghai' and the only common thing in all these films is that when we were making them we never thought they would work. The ones that did not work were safe films.

When you do films after films, you don't let life happen. At least, in my case, I end up relying too much on emotions, which aren't raw enough. Travel helps me to get a renewed approach towards things.

I was inherently slightly more bitter or cynical and that kept me from going to the commercial formulaic crowd. Also, I went to an art college and I did my foundation in art.

I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.

The Deol family is very close knit and emotional.

I dislike labels like 'commercial' and 'non commercial.'

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.

I always try to do middle-of-the-road cinema.

If we are not affected by our environment, then we have somewhere become insensitive. It might be good in a way because you might not be affected by anything and be calm always.

'One by Two' is a film about two people who live in the same city and do certain things that affect each other's lives. Yet, they are strangers. It's difficult to put the film in any particular genre or box.