I don't understand when people say character actors. You either have the protagonist or the antagonist and I've played both. It's an actor's role to play a character. Does that mean that main stream heroes and heroines are characterless?

In my case, I'm in touch with God in good times and bad. I don't use God as a means of favour. And I can't do business with him - the very thought is bizarre.

I believe man is stripped naked when he's in conversation with God. Your deepest fears, strongest desires, highest hopes - they're all there when you are talking to God.

If you want to grow a business, you want to make profit. Only then it is good business.

It does not mean that in the process of a small screen, I do small acting, or if I do a big screen project, I do big acting. For the actor, it does not matter.

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.

As an actor, I like my films to be believable.

When I see good films not doing well, irrespective of my role being appreciated or not, I have a problem because then the producer who has made a loss will never believe in investing in good cinema.

The industry is all about money. It has nothing to do with talent and calibre. The star system is a money game.

For me, the film-maker is more important than the story.

I believe in cinema! Unfortunately, 90 per cent of Hindi cinema is non-cinema. Only marketing works here. Even the item songs in these films are an extension of marketing.

I am not really attached to my films and work. The film industry is just a small part of my life.

The moment you achieve perfection, you are dead. The word exists because we are all imperfect. That is true about performance as well.

I keep an open mind when a script is narrated to me.

I am happy with the roles I play.

I never do roles, I play people.

When I saw 'Lage Raho Munnabhai,' I felt proud be a part of the industry.

Art, I've always believed, is more real than life.

I wanted to be an actor since I was just nine-years-old.

The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.

Films are a long process and the script is the first part.

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.

Nothing changes in the world because of cinema.

Web series is an outing that is favourable to actors.

No two love stories are the same though the love factor might be the same.

We used to stay in Aundh and as a kid I remember going to a single screen theatre to watch 'Sholay' with my family.

The city has given me space to think and that is one thing I love about Pune.

Before 'Sarkar,' I used to introduce myself as Kay Kay, the actor and then that got reduced to just Kay Kay as people realised that I am already an actor.

My mother was a housewife.

One fine day, I realised that advertising was not my calling. I closed shop and plunged into theatre.

I am born and brought up in Maharashtra so for me, Marathi is an often heard language.

Light-hearted films are not content-driven films.

People assume that displaying your own personal ego on screen is called acting, which is actually not what acting is about.

Vijay Mallya is a star, not an actor. Anybody who lives a lifestyle of that kind, is a star.

People should ask themselves why is it that they want to act.

I don't do films for charity any more. In the past, I've done that for friends or people who couldn't not afford to pay. But now money matters.

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.

Bollywood is an industry that is closer to making more entertainment-based films than anything else because people here are bothered about money.

Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character actor,' I fail to understand what it means.

I believe the era of Amitabh Bachchan is not going to come back. He is the last star that we have.

Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.

I think every Indian knows how to play cricket.

I like to play non-cardboard characters. I try and bring out the many complex layers in the personality of the characters I play.

I have always believed that television is a very strong medium to convey stories, stronger than even movies. On television, you have more scope to explore a subject as it gives you more time.

As a kid you can sense fear, love happiness very easily.

I have never done any homework even when I was a child!

It's difficult to explain in words, but I enjoy doing films more than theatre. It helps me in experiencing moments of truth and I can write an entire thesis on my love for the medium!

I don't exactly relate to grey characters.

I have expertise of performing, not promoting.