Quotes from Abhay Deol

In Indian cinema there are no professional voice trainers.

I would never enter politics, but I will go out and vote.

It harms me when people say I am 'non-mainstream' or 'non-commercial' actor. I try to fight off such labels.

Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.

It's not that I don't want to do different films. The non-mainstream stuff that I did started to get successful... But for an industry which runs essentially on money, they do put you in a box.

Love has no nationality for me. I have a preference for dark skin but that's just superficial.

I am trying to be true to the work that I want to do and be allowed to make the choices that I want to make.

If I did an item song, it would be something to watch out for.

I am a citizen of the planet and I want to do films that appeal to people, not communities.

N.Y. is like second home to me. I love that city. I have lived there for a couple of years and it's always a pleasure to go back there.

The kind of content I want to be part of is hardly made.

I was always looking for relatability, because I am not someone cut out for larger than life roles.

If I want to do song and dance, I will and I would like to but I don't want to do it in every film. Where is the novelty then? It just takes the fun out of work for me.

'Basra' is high on content, but a good dose of action sequences will make it edgy and pretty dark as well.

Tamil for me is my cousin Esha. I even told her that I was preparing to play a Tamilian and asked her if she could teach me the language.

Acting is more creative and liberating than production.

As a teenager, I used to dress up like a hippie. My clothes weren't posh.

After being an actor, producing 'One By Two' was a natural progression.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

When a film is good, the lines between single-screen and multiplex blur.

It is not a happy time when a film doesn't do well... Everything affects you, success affects you and failure also affects you.

The kind of work I do and the films I believe in, I had to take charge of making that kind of cinema.

I'd rather point a finger at myself than others.

I'm more comfortable watching 'Dev D' with my mom than a film that makes a woman an object whose only purpose is to dance provocatively.