Quotes from Kabir Bedi

I am essentially someone who comes from the theatre. I love the theatre. Unfortunately, theatre doesn't pay the bills. Only in theatre abroad, I get a wage.

I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.

I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair. And they are like government bonds, they take so long to mature.

I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.

The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.

Not all roles you do can be chocolate sweet.

My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony.

Theatre is done largely for the love of the craft. Television makes you famous. And films immortalize you. That's the relationship between the three.

I have the greatest love for the rituals of organised religion - the sense of community and belonging it can confer to people. But me, I'm more a questioner than a follower; not by whim or fashion, but as a decision painfully arrived at after much, much thought.

I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.

You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked.

I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.

Whether people choose to have same sex relationships or relationships outside the marriage - whatever happens between two consenting adults should be purely their business, not the state's or the society's.

Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can there be anything better than performing without retakes and cuts, in front of people you can see, hearing them breathe in the darkness of the hall?

In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.

I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.

I'm an international actor, but at the same time, I'm also a Bollywood actor, even though most of my career has been abroad. However, I've always kept in touch with Hindi cinema.

You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry.

Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!

Everything has a place and time.

I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills.

I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets.

There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.