Ranbir Kapoor Quotes

To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.

I will never have a problem working with anybody. I will even work with a man if he dresses up like a woman, because it’s my job. I am here to act.

As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say, ‘Don’t write about this.’ I am an actor; I am a public property. I don’t own myself; public owns me.

The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, ‘At least this is something for which I won’t have to study.’ But I’ve realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he’s doing and about what’s going on around him. The moment you think you’ve nailed it, you’re dead.

I’m really close to my mother. She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister. She gave up her career. Whatever I am today is due to the values my mother instilled in me.

It’s all because of my parents that I am gifted with such good looks and people get attracted to me. I have built an image in the industry, and because of that, I have so many female fans. I want to build my male fan following, too.

Promotions are the worst part of making a movie. We are actors and not salesmen. Still, you have to go to so many places to try and sell the movie.

I would like to believe every man is a one-woman man.

‘Saawariya’ was my debut film. It will always be the most special film.

Love is such that God grants us one person who we can spend the rest of our life with. It rarely happens that we don’t.

Personally, love is very important for me. There are lots of ordinary things in life, so love should be extraordinary. I hope I achieve that.

To be a great actor, you really don’t need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.

There is too much negativity on Twitter, and I want to stay from it. I don’t have anything intelligent to say. Whatever I want to say, I will say it through my movies and interviews.

I don’t think you can force a moral opinion or you can force something through a Bollywood film.

I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.

‘Bombay Velvet’ is my most romantic film, it’s my ‘Titanic’ or ‘Gone With The Wind.’

I hate celebrating birthdays.

Relationships are hard. If as an actor you marry an engineer or a doctor, it’s really hard for them because they don’t understand what your life is like. We live two lives. We have a ‘reel’ life and a real life.

I’m very heterosexual, so dating women is something I’m not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.

I’m quite detached from failure and success. Once a shooting is done, I kind of close that chapter in my life.

I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.

I’m not a birthday person. Maybe because I don’t like to build expectations around that one day. You never know how it’ll turn out to be.

Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.

I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.

I want to protect my life. I don’t want my life to become a reality show.

My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.

I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.

I have never been vain. I don’t take myself seriously. I don’t consider myself sexy or good-looking.

I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.

I am too insecure to crash early. I feel life will pass me by while I’m sleeping.

It’s not that I am not emotional, but I am extremely secure and curb it, as I am afraid to let go and be broken. So, I have cultivated myself to be detached in life, specially where movies are concerned.

I think I’ve found a purpose in acting; it’s something I truly love and truly enjoy. It makes me happy. It makes me understand more about life, in front of the camera, than what I’m living beyond the camera.

I think, for a love story, the most important element is the music, since you don’t have action sequences or item numbers. It really draws in the audience and adds to at least 70 percent of the opening of the movie.

Movies are a commercial medium. We don’t make movies to impress our friends and critics. It’s an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.

I myself am a great James Dean fan. He had this aura and enigma about him.

What really matters is your movies and how good a person you are. Otherwise, tabloids and news channels writing about you only builds your curiosity and stardom and propels you to reach wider places.

I was never a bright student, potentially never good at dramatics; I was sometimes given one-line roles that I was happy to do so that I could bunk classes. My mother used to cry three times a year, and that is when my report card used to come.

I like conflict – someone who challenges me, someone who I can look up to, someone who can keep me in check. Love has to be extraordinary; otherwise, there’s no point in it. I just haven’t met anyone who’s made me feel that way.

I believe in the institution of marriage, but one can’t fix a time for it. Please don’t predict it for me.

My first film ‘Saawariya’ was a flop; I don’t regret it.