100 Quotes by Pankaj Kapur

I enjoy playing different kind of people.

As an actor, I am not comfortable with an artificial beard.

I have always taken up films that I like. And in the process if I have done films which bring out something that could do society good, I think it's great.

I don't have any single character that is my favorite because I would like to be known for the sum total of my work and not for an individual character that I might have played.

Small events and some songs and dance do not make a film. A film needs to have a proper structure and there has to be an output which would be relevant to people who watch it.

In theatre there is a certain discipline that you have to follow, and you have to be experienced to be performing in front of a live audience. It is satisfying to me.

Back in the 1990s, I had an opportunity to make a film. But I realized that it is better for me to go in stages so I could explore myself as an actor and in the process I started writing scripts.

The director needs to have a vision and clarity in his mind. It's not enough to know the story, he or she should have the knowledge and efficiency to execute it articulately.

When I was doing theatre in Mumbai, actors won't come because they had television. For many years, I did theatre religiously and in Mumbai, I saw people disrespecting it and it hurt me very badly.