People liked the fact that Amol-Palekar wasn’t Superman, that he was an ordinary man who traveled by bus or local train, who actually went to office and worked. This was rare in movies then. – Amol Palekar
I want to explore silences. I am very comfortable with that. I am not scared of silences any more. Sitting alone when there’s nothing happening around them. – Amol Palekar
The main change is that I have greyed. Hopefully, I have become more mature. Along with that I am very comfortable with this dialogue with myself. I no longer want to impress anybody. – Amol Palekar
Kaun kambakht kehta hai ki Hitler mar gaya? (Who the hell says that Hitler is dead?) Movie: Golmaal Star: Amol Palekar
But that’s fine, absolutely fine. If there is someone who comes up with a good role, something which will once again excite me, by all means I’ll do it, irrespective of any language, as I did when I was acting. – Amol Palekar
I had lots of apprehensions for my acting…acting is not like swimming or cycling as is said and done…that’s not true actually. A craft, if not practiced enough, gets rusty. – Amol Palekar
Shouting from the rooftop is not my nature at all. I am known so much for understatement that when one of my contemporaries was talking about my acting, he said acting kahan karta hai. I feel that was the best compliment. – Amol Palekar
I did not want the market pressure. I did not want to think ‘If I paint this way, it will be sold.’ – Amol Palekar
Everybody is concerned only with 100 crore films… If our starting point is going to be “How much money will it make? Will it go into the 100 crore club?” then I am not interested. – Amol Palekar
I will act if there is a role which gives me some challenge, butterflies in my stomach. I don’t want to play a generic father. When I was only an actor I didn’t follow a beaten track, why will I do it now? – Amol Palekar
I experimented to such an extent that I can say that I was one of the people who brought theater out of the auditorium. I started exploring open spaces way back in the early 1970s. – Amol Palekar
Whether as an actor or as a director I have never ever been part of the mainstream. I have always been swimming against the stream. – Amol Palekar
I got immense satisfaction in that moment when I am not saying the next dialogue, when I can hear my co-actor’s clock ticking, I can hear my own heartbeat, and I can also feel the audience holding their breath. They don’t even move thinking there will be a creak…that silence is so golden and so important. – Amol Palekar
Why I am not seen in Hindi films? Ask the Hindi filmmakers. Probably they are not missing me, to be honest. – Amol Palekar
I have the courage to say no. – Amol Palekar
Lambe kapde pehenna bahut hanikarak fashion hai (Wearing long clothes is a very harmful fashion.) Movie: Golmaal Star: Amol Palekar
We are becoming much more self-centered. What concerns us is what do I get out of this. How I move forward, what kind of society I want, what do I do for somebody else doesn’t bother us and you see the reflection of it in the movies. – Amol Palekar
If you want to work … then you must not see the face of time. (Kaam karna ho … toh waqt ka mooh nahin dekhna chahiye) Movie: Golmaal Star: Amol Palekar
I was an artist, I chose to have a job that would not make me compromise on my art, the kind of paintings that I wanted to do. – Amol Palekar
I wanted to express myself. I thought it would be nice if I had a job that was not related to my creativity. – Amol Palekar
I learnt that when you do something because of your inner urging, success follows. – Amol Palekar
There is nothing in the world that can tempt me to do it. To be able to say no to a role or a career or to a form of expression as a creative artist I think is my strength. – Amol Palekar
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