Dev Anand Professions : Film actor Born : September 26, 1923 Died : December 3, 2011 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Dev Anand Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly. Dev Anand life-is-too-short speak life-is You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business, and sometimes films which are not so good work. Dev Anand film sometimes art 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. Dev Anand finals baby ideas I wish I am born again as Dev Anand, and people will see a young star 25 years later. That will give me some time to finish what I want to do. Dev Anand i-am me time people If you are a creative person, then your mind gets sharper with age. My mind is very sharp, and I am happy for that. Dev Anand i-am you age happy Somebody came up with the idea of a double role, and I think 'Hum Dono' gave me a great double role - I played Captain Anand and Major Verma, the 'haw-haw' type of major. Dev Anand captain great think me No film should be meaningless. Dev Anand meaningless film should 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. Dev Anand woman man time today Energy begets energy. If you are lazy, you will always be lazy. And if you retire at 60, you will die at 65. Dev Anand die will you energy My life is the same, and I am at a beautiful stage at 88. I am as excited as I was in my 20s. Dev Anand i-am my-life beautiful life I was the leading star in 1945. I slowed down my pace of acting assignments after I came into direction. Dev Anand direction star down acting I keep drawing inspiration from people every day. All of a sudden, something strikes me so hard and dramatically, and then a dream comes - I sit down, cut it off and make a script out of it. Dev Anand day me drawing people If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay. Dev Anand could bombay half wanted 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. Dev Anand alone me brother book 'Hum Dono' was accepted in a very big way. It was the official entry at the 1962 Berlin Film Festival. Dev Anand big berlin film way 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. Dev Anand ahead today love people Other black and white films have also been released in colour, but 'Hum Dono' is better than all of them. When you watch 'Hum Dono Rangeen,' you will feel as though it was shot in colour; you won't feel that I have got the reels painted by brush. Dev Anand feel you black-and-white black At one time, I have campaigned for Krishna Menon and am very friendly with Rajni Patel. However, I now feel that we need a fresh approach. This is not reviving the Swatantra Party. Dev Anand need feel party time 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. Dev Anand walk you money life A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read. Dev Anand well depends democracy people Similar Authors Ivan Heng film-actor Boman Irani film-actor Burt Lancaster film-actor Bud Jamison film-actor Bruce Campbell film-actor Broderick Crawford film-actor All Authors
