Manoj Bajpayee confides in Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni about his 'long journey filled with rejection, betrayal, misery, failures and disillusionment.'
'Katekar kya hai? Wardi ke neeche ek insaan hai.' 'System me pissa hua aadmi hai.'
'When you are sitting in a small city like Chandigarh, you think it is tough to make it in Bollywood. Sometimes when you see actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Varun Dhawan on screen, you think these things are beyond your reach.'
'For me, success is saying 'no' when you want to say no.'
'Before my scene with Amitabh Bachchan, my father asked me, "You are acting opposite Amitji. Are you scared?"' 'I foolishly said, "No. He is an actor and so am I. He will say his lines and I will say mine. Why should I be scared?".'
'A journalist met me after Mastizaade failed and said, "'Whatever you do in life, you will never get rid of the Sex Comedy King of India tag".' 'She didn't mean to hurt me, but it broke me.'
'I try to do my own stunts as much as possible.' 'I tried this stunt for Saaho and my foot got stuck. My other leg was stretched in the air.' 'If it had stretched two more inches, there could have been a tear.' 'I was limping for a while, but thankfully, because I have been physically training for Saina, my body is warm all the time.'
'One cup of tea brings me so much happiness.' 'You take that away from me and I know I'm going to have a really bad day.'
'Acting is the toughest job in the world.'
'The best thing about John is that he's tall! So you will never be told, 'Aisha, you are too tall'.' 'Not once did John make me feel it was my first film.' 'The chemistry in the song Tere Jaisa is phenomenal.'
'Who will cast me?'
'It's all about how many Instagram followers you have, which ramp you're walking on,' the actress who is sensational in Sacred Games tells Rediff.com's Ronjita V Kulkarni.
'My middle class upbringing has shaped me up like that.' 'I am not saying actors are bad -- they are lovely people -- but I don't know which world they come from.' 'They come with their baggage, this aura...'
'Look at what we are doing to the goats, the cows, the women, the children...'
'Politics has become a toilet because we delegate everything.' 'We have to catch a bus, watch a cricket match, live our life... we feel this (politics) is not part of our responsibility.'
'Sanjay Dutt was a very stylish person. He created his own style; he did not follow trends.' 'He wasn't a tapori, he was grand.' 'Also, whatever he wore, reflected what was going on in his life.'
'Those involved in the government had invested in cineplexes in Tamil Nadu, so they wanted Vishwaroopam stopped to further their gains.' 'When there was a difference of opinion, they started punishing the film by banning it.' 'It is ugly, tyrannical politics which the nation did not understand.' 'They broke me for Rs 60 crores.' 'Because I am a star, I am living to tell the story.'
'If the film becomes a hit within Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I am relieved.' 'But by Monday, I need to come back to earth.'
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