Dev Patel Quotes

'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?

Dev Patel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 23, 1990

Topics

ShoesGrowing UpIndiaGrowingKnow

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Simone Weil

LifeImaginationThreeMoreRealUp

I'm always happy to have a job.

Tommy Lee Jones

JobHappyAlways

I would just stand there puzzled, then realize this would be a great place to make a show.

Tommy Tune

GreatStandPlaceRealizeShowJust

Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become.

Mary McGrory

FootballBaseballBecomeWere

I have never dreamed of being a princess. I have not longed for Prince Charming. I have and do long for something resembling a happily ever after. I am supposed to be above such flights of fantasy, but I am not. I am enamored of fairy tales.

Roxane Gay

I AmLongPrincessNeverFairy

As a father, you want to protect, but I also want to prepare her for when she grows up, so I want to be a great example as a dad.

Joseph Parker

FatherGreatYouWantProtectShe

Right after 'The Wackness' came out, it was a really exciting time, and then it was a bit disappointing when it came out. Even though not that many people saw it, I was still getting offered some movies. I was thinking that people would just stop calling me since it didn't do very well at the box office.

Jonathan Levine

TimePeopleMeThinkingStopMovies

Films do seem prestigious and glamorous, but when you create something, you want people to see it. TV still reaches so many more people; it still really appeals to me.

Chris Lilley

PeopleMeYouCreateWantSee

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

Christopher Hitchens

ThinkYouAtheistBeingSomething

I tend to work in coffee shops. I need to get out of the house, and, well, I need the coffee.

Bryan Cogman

WorkCoffeeHouseNeedOutWell

I long to get back into theater.

Antonio Banderas

LongBackGetTheater

I prefer 'cooling foods' for the summer - lots of fruits like watermelons, a few strands of kesar with raisins that have been soaked overnight, and lots of coconut water. Dinner is usually dahi chawal. I am a big foodie, so depending on my cravings, I indulge - maybe pasta or risotto.

Alia Bhatt

WaterI AmDinnerSummerPastaBig

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