My father said that I will be an actor, but I scoffed at him.

I nearly got killed in a film, 'Patthar Ke Insaan.' I nearly lost my eyes another time and have been in many accidents in my career.

Danny Denzongpa knows exactly what to wear on what occasion. He is one of the most immaculately dressed people we have in the industry.

I've got more than half of Mumbai addicted to the Internet.

If someone out there gets his 15 minutes of glory by using my name, so be it.

Indian cinema has completed 100 years. How many new stories can you bring every time? It's not possible.

Salman Khan is doing really well in his career. I know him since the time he was growing up.

I can work with both the old, revered filmmakers and new directors. It is amazing how they see me in their world, and then I adapt accordingly.

One must eat fruit and drink water before meals rather than after eating. Water dilutes digestion, and that's not a good thing for the body.

As a child, I have seen what poverty is, and I try, to the best of my limits, to ensure that no kid should be deprived of his ambitions.

What I treasure the most is people coming up to me in the elevator and saying, 'You really did a great job': neighbours who congratulate for a job well done or little fans who hug me and say they want to be like me.

I don't believe watching dreams but like to stick to reality. Reality is all about flood, hunger, illness.

If you desire, you are restless.

During my younger days, I used to massage my mother's feet every day and receive her blessings.

I like to chat either at my site or, sometimes, through MSN and ICQ. And even if I do reveal my identity, there are a lot of times when no one believes me.

After 'Grahan,' you'd be nuts to think I'd try producing again!

K. Thiagarajan is a painfully shy young man. But he is the human personification of the idiom 'Still waters run deep.'

Just because you have given five successful films doesn't make you God.

Working with Subhash Ghai is always a different experience. Subhashji is my mentor. I'm always glad to work with him.

I keep surprising myself with films like 'Mission Kashmir,' 'Albela,' 'Farz,' and 'Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai.' All the roles are very different.

I always believe whatever is written in your fate will happen.

It is not a lead part, but you could definitely say that 'Devdas' wouldn't move forward if it wasn't for me.

After doing the Bengali 'Antar Mahal,' I felt I should work with all Indian languages.

I have a good ear for music.

The South is a place for music, dance, and culture.

I get online anywhere: at home, in the car, at a shoot.

Every day online is a new discovery.

I never ask for a script when it comes to Subhash Ghai. I just do whatever he asks me to.

I work instinctively. If I like something, I do it.

Mukta Arts and I were born on the same day. I am still growing with Mukta Arts.

I am the most senior actor in 'Devdas,' yet I was not invited to Cannes. I guess these things happen in the industry.

When it comes to doing anything with Rajnikanth, one doesn't ask questions. One just does the needful.

There was Rajniji, Subhash Ghai, Dimple Kapadia, Anupam Kher, and a few other friends at my wedding. That's it.

Everyone has lied for some reason or the other.

The key is to be Zen-like and be happy with what one has.

Youngsters should go to the hills and the seaside once in a while.

It's easy to say that he/she is a star kid and has had it easy in Bollywood, but being a star kid is the real pressure. You have to undergo a lot of pressure, as you are being constantly compared to your parents.

Actors have to maintain their physique, or they will fizzle out!

I don't drink anymore.

I have acted with Rajinikanth as his elder brother in 'Uttar Dakshin,' and since then, we have been close.

There are no places better than Mahabaleshwar and Khandala to spend one's free time.

I want to pursue farming, and what better place to do it than at a hill station, which has a cool climate almost through the year.

Drinking makes people go out of control.

I can't stand people who have all the money but do not even bother to help innocent children in any small way they possibly can.

I don't know myself why directors are offering me negative roles, although I did 'Yaddein' after 'Mission Kashmir' in which I played a very positive character, but people don't remember that.

Rituparno is a very simple director. I have never seen Ritu shouting at anyone. The whole atmosphere on his sets is so relaxed that you don't feel that you are working.

I've done a host of Tamil and Telugu films, a Bengali one, too.

My father was a journalist. He used to write for 'Blitz' tabloid.

Believe it or not, I always found intimate scenes hard to do.

I am all-giving like my mother and practical like my father.