I have to make myself available for work. If I'm going to sit around only for great roles, I won't get the right one.

I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which I work.

I'm a recognisable actor, but I'm not a bankable actor.

People tend to typecast you in a certain way, depending on the kind of work you have been doing till then.

Sometimes, the money is exciting. You want to buy a house, or a car, and then you jump into it. So, there are a lot of things that come into consideration, and that's fair enough. There may or may not solely be one reason why you do films.

My family doesn't interfere in my professional decisions at all.

I know 'Dabangg' has some pre-requisites. Every film has some requisites that you have to fulfill. I sat down with my writer and discussed what as an audience I want to see in the second part of the film. We worked towards that and we hope what we thought connects with the audience.

A sequel is going to be a pressure no matter who directs it. A sequel is only made when the original film works.

Dabangg' is an actor-driven franchise.

Our father has taught us that 'if you are together, nobody will try to break you.' That's unity and it has power.

I am pretty well versed in the knowledge of music.

Music for me is about relaxing.

I love to go on long drives while listening to emotional, peppy and foot taping numbers, depending on my mood. I have a wonderful sound system.

Possessing best musical equipment has always been my craze.

There is no need to do a rush job on any film.

I'm quite comfortable being the husband of a woman who's a big celebrity. And of course a superstar's brother. It's not an enviable place to occupy but it's the reality. I'm very closely related to two very successful people and I accept that happily.

I know for sure my son will grow up one day to say I was a great dad.

Before marriage people want everyone to look at their girlfriends. But after marriage they want to keep their wives locked way.

I may or may not have disappointed Malaika as a boyfriend and a husband, but not as the father of her child.

There is no point in appearing in just a few episodes. If I do a show on television, it won't be for a few episodes only.

I began as an assistant director to Mahesh Bhatt sahab on films like 'Zulm,' 'Kabza' and 'Aawargi' during the '80s. Then I got an opportunity to act and I took it up thinking direction was something which I could always pursue later.

I want to be amongst the top 10, if not top five filmmakers. Though I don't think I'd stand even in the list of top 30 actors.

I don't believe I did anything earth shattering as an actor.

Though I may not have left a huge mark, I did create some ripples. People would recollect there was an actor called Arbaaz Khan.

As for action, yes 'Wanted' was a success in the action genre. But not to the extent of 'Dabangg.'

To be finally recognised for my work is a feeling I can't describe.

I have a lot of friends, and it's not necessary that if I go out for lunch or dinner with someone, they have to be my girlfriend; or that I'm committed to them.

There are only advantages of being Salim Khan's son, Salman Khan's brother and coming from a known family.

For me, acting is something I am passionate about. I am someone who wants to be known for who I am. If I wanted to just make money, I would've chosen some other profession.

I know there are insecurities in being an actor. There are certain compromises you need to make, but they are all worth it.

People should mind their own business. This particularly applies to those who are inquisitive, and those who jump to conclusions.

I believe in giving actors the freedom to express themselves, and adding more to whatever is written.

I like it when actors offer something new with their performances, and elevate the scene. I don't restrict an actor.

Sometimes, there is a long gap between the time the script was written and when it went on the floors. Being on the sets can be refreshing, as you can revive the script in some ways.

I'm not the kind of guy who gets defensive after something goes wrong.

If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself.

Knowledge comes through likeness. And so because the soul may know everything, it is never at rest until it comes to the original idea, in which all things are one. And there it comes to rest in God.

For then I knew my soul - every soul - has always held Him.

If the seal is pressed completely through the wax so that no wax remains without being impressed by the seal, then it becomes indistinguishably one with the seal. Similarly the soul becomes completely united with God.

Where intuition finds, love follows, and memory and all the soul as well.

When God sends his angel to the soul it becomes the one who knows for sure.

Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from Him. I cannot fully praise nor love Him therefore must I die, and cast myself into the divine void, till I rise from non-existence to existence.

My children, mark me. I pray you. Know! God loves my soul so much that his very life and being depend upon his loving me, whether he would or no. To stop God loving me would be to rob him of his Godhood; for God is love no less than he is truth; as he is good, so is he love as well. It is the absolute truth, as God lives... If anyone would ask me what God is, I should answer: God is love, and so altogether lovely that creatures all with one accord essay to love his loveliness, whether they do so knowingly or unbeknownst, in joy or sorrow.

God is in all things, but so far as God is Divine and so far as He is rational, God is nowhere so properly as in the soul - in the innermost of the soul

Philosophers say the Soul is double-faced, her upper face gazes at God all the time and her lower face looks somewhat down, informing the senses; and the upper face, which is the summit of the soul, is in eternity and has nothing to do with time: it knows nothing of time or of body.

The soul loves the body. And consider too how it is that the body is more in the soul than the soul is in the body.

Love is as strong as death, as hard as Hell. Death separates the soul from the body, but love separates all things from the soul.

I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God.

There is something in the soul that is so akin to God that it is one with Him... It has nothing in common with anything created.

No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion