Top 100 Quotes About Bollywood
#1. I don't think Bollywood is only mindless cinema, but a lot of films they churn out are not films that I completely enjoy watching.
Freida Pinto
#2. When Pakistan was carved out of India's rib in 1947, it was assumed by some that Bollywood's Muslim stars would defect to the new state and thus boost the Lahore film industry. But Lollywood did not happen.
Tariq Ali
#3. I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.'
Archie Panjabi
#4. As far as action is concerned, our films have been coming up with some great sequences. In fact, I think Hollywood is copying Bollywood by getting their heroes to bash up 15 guys at a time.
Vijender Singh
#5. The last Bollywood movie I watched was 3 Idiots that featured Aamir Khan in it. It was impressive!
Brad Pitt
#6. Ironically, I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood. I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer;' I watched it some 20 times as a kid.
Jan Koum
#7. Hindi cinema, now often referred to loosely by the term 'Bollywood', is one of the best-known and most widely appreciated features of contemporary Indian culture. It makes its presence felt beyond the screen throughout wider media, whether the Internet,
Rachel Dwyer
#8. When I went to Spain, the tourism minister told me a lot of people want to come to India, as they love Bollywood, but they don't have direct flights and find it difficult to get visas on arrival that is currently offered to only citizens of nine countries.
Chiranjeevi
#9. As a kid, I thought movies were boring. My parents would hire VHS recorders for the weekend and watch Bollywood movies. I'd get bored and go out to Stoke Newington common to play football.
Asif Kapadia
#10. Megan, I'm pretty sure none of my family is going to break out into song like in a Bollywood movie tonight, he said, with amusement ringing in his voice.
Katie Ashley
#11. As for 'Dear Friend Hitler,' if it ever gets off the ground it will likely go down in history as little more than a symbol of Bollywood's limitless capacity for poor taste.
Sadanand Dhume
#12. People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.
Shah Rukh Khan
#13. Bollywood stars are versatile; they not only act, but each one has the dance skills of John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever.'
Christian Louboutin
#14. I will definitely continue to do Bollywood because that is my thing and I can't not do it - I have to do the singing and the dancing because it is so much fun. But I would like to explore my opportunities in the West, so we will have to wait and see.
Tena Desae
#15. I don't know which other actor has done as many hot scenes as I have. I pretty much have the monopoly in the bed scene market in Bollywood.
Emraan Hashmi
#16. Bollywood is a cinema of vibrant contradictions, which works when it seems it shouldn't.
Gurinder Chadha
#17. When I started off with 'Dance India Dance,' even the TV show people thought it won't be accepted. But with the talent that the show received, I was able to personally tutor dancers to amalgamate contemporary dance moves on Bollywood tracks.
Terence Lewis
#19. In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
Kangana Ranaut
#20. I grew up in Malaysia, and Bollywood is really big there. As a result, I've grown up watching a lot of Hindi movies.
Michelle Yeoh
#21. I wouldn't want to do a Bollywood film per se, but I would like to do an Indian-language film. For some reason I think Bollywood has become synonymous with commercial cinema, which is song and dance and everything that is larger than life, and I am interested in the reality.
Freida Pinto
#22. Life itself has so much politics, why should I make it my profession? I'm just a politician's son, not a politician myself. Two politicians, that's my dad and elder brother, in the family are enough. I'm happy doing my own stuff in Bollywood.
Riteish Deshmukh
#23. I've love the challenge of doing something new. Bollywood is magical.
Indira Varma
#24. There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's interpretation of the role that has been conceived by the writer.
Dhanush
#25. I like the nexus of Bollywood and Hollywood. I'm actually shocked that there isn't more of a meld between our two industries.
Rob Lowe
#26. I think I'm close to lot of people in Bollywood, but I believe in evil eye, and I feel when I talk about friendships and relationships in public something somewhere goes wrong with it.
Arjun Rampal
#27. My understanding of films was just as much as any young girl who watches Bollywood films. I had no idea about the whole process of filmmaking, about dialogue writing, scripts, screenplay etc. I had probably gone to two or three film shoots in my childhood.
Rani Mukerji
#28. Bollywood actors are so set in what they want, and the way they want it. And why shouldn't they be? But it is not the same in Hollywood, because the love of the audience is not the same.
Mira Nair
#29. I don't know too much about Bollywood at all, but I've done quite a bit of dancing ... and not much singing.
Satya Bhabha
#31. I'm trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
Irrfan Khan
#32. I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the '30s and '40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know?
Julian Sands
#33. I've grown up with Bollywood, and I continue to enjoy it. But boxing remains my passion.
Vijender Singh
#34. We all know that a beautiful face is an important aspect of an actor's personality if he or she wants to make it big in Bollywood.
Anushka Sharma
#35. In a big Bollywood romantic film, taking my shirt off and spreading the hand towards the mountain with dancers behind me are not my cup of tea.
Vir Das
#36. Who doesn't know about Bollywood? After all, we churn out movies in such great quantities every year! People across the globe know Shekhar Kapur.
Arjun Rampal
#37. Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
Madhur Mittal
#38. I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
Vijender Singh
#39. You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set with a set agenda, believing, 'This is who I am, this is what I want, and no, I am not going to become that character you want me to.'
Mira Nair
#40. I'm not a television anchor for a Hindi channel or a radio jockey. So I may not be able to have a spontaneous conversation in Hindi. I'm a Bollywood actress, and I can certainly speak my dialogue in Hindi.
Katrina Kaif
#41. Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
Irrfan Khan
#42. I love Bollywood as a viewer, but going in front of the camera and singing and dancing is not my thing.
Sania Mirza
#43. It wasn't easy for me to start in Bollywood because I was an outsider.
Esha Gupta
#44. The thing about Bollywood is that you can't just quit it even if you have little fame. You have to stick around and keep trying.
Kangana Ranaut
#45. My background is from India, and I always get asked, 'When are you going to do an Indian film, a musical or Bollywood film?'
Asif Kapadia
#46. I always say: you're not going to find Hollywood. Hollywood will find you! But I'm ready for it: for Hollywood, for Bollywood, for everything!
Maria Valverde
#47. The Professor noted two nymphs with strawberries on their heads, a DayGlo Amish lady, a mustachioed man in a rainbow apron. He wrote Saturday Night Fever, then crossed it out and wrote Drag Ball + Bollywood and underlined it twice.
La Carmina
#48. My break in Bollywood is definitely the high point of my life.
Shreya Ghoshal
#49. I wish I was dating one of the ladies in 'Bollywood Hero.' They're gorgeous. Any of them.
Chris Kattan
#50. Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you don't believe it, ask your mom!
Imtiaz Ali
#51. Deepika is one of my absolute favourite Bollywood actors. It is wonderful to have someone of her stature wearing my brand
Prabal Gurung
#52. I know, in India, specially in Bollywood and the sports fraternity, there is a lot of negative media attention on prominent public figures.
Leander Paes
#53. There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
Randeep Hooda
#55. There is a Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, and I'd like to act alongside him - whatever the film.
Jyoti Amge
#56. Ruby clapped her hands in glee and gave a comedic wiggle of her head, Bollywood style.
I know the song now, can even sing it, but back then all I heard was the verdant Punjabi, the striking primary colours of the five rivers, the intricate history of a complex land.
Ruth Ahmed
#57. Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film.
Roland Joffe
#58. In Bollywood, people struggle because there is a new person joining every week, who joins an assembly line of people who are very replaceable. But if you are unique, you don't have to struggle that much.
Vir Das
#59. For me, it is very important to believe in the kind of movies I do. 'Rang De Basanti' made me feel good about Indian cinema. The movie instilled in me a confidence so strong, that I wanted to be a part of the revolution in Bollywood.
Vir Das
#60. I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.
Madhur Mittal
#61. I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.
Saina Nehwal
#62. I don't think you can force a moral opinion or you can force something through a Bollywood film.
Ranbir Kapoor
#63. I have done many films across the globe and would love to be a part of Bollywood, but the script must have a strong character for me.
Michelle Yeoh
#64. There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes.
Anurag Kashyap
#65. The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people.
Anurag Kashyap
#66. Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.
Mithun Chakraborty
#67. I moved to cricket at a time when I was at the peak of my career, and I can guarantee you that no one else from Bollywood would have done that.
Preity Zinta
#68. I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
Virat Kohli
#69. In Bollywood, I think Boman Irani and Vinay Pathak are unbelievably good at comedy.
Vir Das
#70. Bollywood directors are like cricketers where in one match you score a century, and in the next match, you are out for a duck! Moreover, very few directors are consistent in Bollywood.
Sunny Deol
#73. 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.
Kabir Bedi
#75. Except for Preity Zinta, I haven't met a single secure actress in Bollywood.
Katrina Kaif
#76. Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
A.R. Rahman
#77. Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it's widely followed in Brazil.
Ronaldinho
#78. You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the whole crew in the backdrop.
Brad Pitt
#79. While Hollywood has had a huge influence on the Indian industry, Bollywood and its actors, too, are garnering a lot of attention in the western film world.
Madhur Bhandarkar
#81. TV actors are doing great in Bollywood. We have our own market, our own fans, who love to see us on the big screen.
Mona Singh
#82. The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses.
Bruce Sterling
#83. I don't think that I will say that we are less talented in Bollywood, but our functioning is different. We cater to a different kind of audience.
Anupam Kher
#84. I'm a bit of a shopaholic. I've been working in the Bollywood film industry since I was 17, and I have always been financially independent, but I think I would be useless looking after my own money.
Shilpa Shetty
#85. What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.
Om Puri
#86. I would love to work in a Bollywood film as there is so much drama and colour in the films there.
Brad Pitt
#87. A set of Bollywood actresses are coming through Dallas soon in a live tour; I'd pay a lot to see them, but alas, I'm fully booked elsewhere.
Bruce Sterling
#88. When I think of Bollywood dance, I think of choreographies from the '70s and '80s. That was true Bollywood, what is now known as old school Bollywood.
Terence Lewis
#89. I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.
Navi Rawat
#90. I grew up in Toronto and as long as I can remember, as long as there was cable, even those old cable boxes that were wired to the TV, there have been Bollywood movies on Toronto TV.
Mike Myers
#91. I have never made statements like, 'I'm quitting TV' or 'I'm quitting Bollywood.' I have always wanted to strike a balance between the two.
Mona Singh
#92. The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero's role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel the weaknesses of a character make them more alive, relatable, and human.
Randeep Hooda
#93. I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.
Vijender Singh
#94. Music, for me, is vital. Punjabi, Bollywood, Sufi, RnB ... I listen to it all. When I'm not listening to music, you will find me chatting with friends. Off the field, I just let my instincts take over. I certainly don't think about batting, or which bowlers I'm going to face.
Virat Kohli
#95. My grandmother and both my parents worked in Bollywood.
Rohit Shetty
#96. A Bollywood hero, for most people, has been a Raj, a Rahul or a Prem ... it's now a part of the psyche.
Randeep Hooda
#97. It was difficult in India to find an eight year old who could play a widow. The reason for that is that most of the children in India are really exposed to Bollywood. It's commercial Indian cinema which is really over the top. To find an actor, or even a non-actor, who felt natural was difficult.
Deepa Mehta
#98. Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
Kangana Ranaut
#99. I saw 'Brokeback Mountain' in a packed house in Chelsea, New York, when I was filming a Bollywood film there. Chelsea, being a predominately gay neighbourhood, had the most euphoric reaction. I saw couples holding hands and crying at the end. It was the most heartening viewing I have ever been to.
Karan Johar
#100. I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music.
Kailash Kher
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