Dev Anand

Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution. ”

Anybody whose film becomes a hit is a superstar. Today there is somebody, and tomorrow there will be somebody else. No single woman or man has a monopoly for all time. ”

A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read. ”

Energy begets energy. If you are lazy, you will always be lazy. And if you retire at 60, you will die at 65. ”

People have always complained that we have made films ahead of times. 'Hum Dono' is still modern. We had wars then, and we have wars today. We had love and separation then, and we have that today. ”

A very small proportion of the country's black money is in the movie industry. Because we are written about, public attention is focused on us. Do you think there is no black money in other businesses? With the exception of government servants and others who have tax deducted at source, there are tax evaders in every walk of life. ”

My life is the same, and I am at a beautiful stage at 88. I am as excited as I was in my 20s. ”

Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly. ”

I was the leading star in 1945. I slowed down my pace of acting assignments after I came into direction. ”

It's an institution that was born with my brother Chetan and me. I did it for him. I was becoming a big star in the late 1940s, and he needed a company to make films. So when he left Navketan, I brought in Goldie, and when Goldie left, I carried on alone. No book on Indian cinema is complete without mention of Navketan. ”