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My mother was a housewife.
I am an avid tennis player.
I don't bother about awards.
I don't exactly relate to grey characters.
I can't pretend to do something I don't like.
I have expertise of performing, not promoting.
As an actor, I like my films to be believable.
I remember my first role as a sunflower at nine.
If you don't have integrity, don't be in cinema.
In real life, I don't cry too easily. I go numb.
Light-hearted films are not content-driven films.
I keep an open mind when a script is narrated to me.
Web series is an outing that is favourable to actors.
I have never done any homework even when I was a child!
Terrorism is not a sign of courage. It means cowardice.
Films are a long process and the script is the first part.
Roles are extremely finite, but human beings are infinite.
I don't analyze after I've done a film. So I have no dream role.
I feel the dams of emotions open up more easily when one is acting.
The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.
Life is too short to hold regrets. Once it's done, you cannot regret it.
An actor should not bother about the camera per se, and what kind it is.
Award functions are a big sham. It's a money-making television programme.
I was true to myself because I realized I was a better actor than signer.
No two love stories are the same though the love factor might be the same.
Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.
If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.
Be honest and accept it if you do not have talent. And if you do, hone your skills.
Cinema is not about wearing 'bikni' and showing 'six packs'... All these are secondary.
If you want to grow a business, you want to make profit. Only then it is good business.
I don't have the expertise in that department, I seriously lack the skill to market myself.
Vijay Mallya is a star, not an actor. Anybody who lives a lifestyle of that kind, is a star.
I get paid to act. I've never acted free for anybody and I'd rather be rewarded than awarded.
I am not really attached to my films and work. The film industry is just a small part of my life.
A simple love story can be made into an interesting film if the film-maker can think differently.
One fine day, I realised that advertising was not my calling. I closed shop and plunged into theatre.
You have to be truthful and believable in whatever you do and that is the founding principle of acting.
I find award functions laughable. To me, it is just like an extension of a college annual day function.
There's a need to create a space for different kind of films. Let all kind of films co-exist peacefully.
The city helped open my mind creatively and culturally. Pune has the power to make you realise your dream.
The industry is all about money. It has nothing to do with talent and calibre. The star system is a money game.
People assume that displaying your own personal ego on screen is called acting, which is actually not what acting is about.
Let's not betray cinema with marketing inside the film. If it's done outside, then it's ok. That is essential to integrity.
I had these false ambitions - marketing and MBA. I didn't do very badly at it, but I realised my calling was something else.
I was constantly on stage in school, and even while I was pursuing my MBA, I knew that I wanted to eventually become an actor.
Cinema is not just a side show - it is something which is much deeper than that. It is a form of art which needs to be respected.
I like to play non-cardboard characters. I try and bring out the many complex layers in the personality of the characters I play.
The whole format of an awards function seems to be tailor made for a television audience. I think it is just an ego boosting affair.
The paradox of perfection is that you should try and achieve it by doing quality work even though you know you can never achieve it.
The moment you achieve perfection, you are dead. The word exists because we are all imperfect. That is true about performance as well.