'Khamoshi' gave me the chance to prove that expressions can also say what dialogue could.

Once I lose control, there's no stopping me.

I play the piano, paint, and go for trekking.

People have been unkind to me, but I do not want to swear vengeance. I am a simple human being.

I don't like eating outside food at all. I do it only if there is absolutely no choice. Whenever I have a party at home, and even if there are 25 people coming, I make it a point to cook everything at home, and I don't get any stuff from outside.

The more layers a story has, the better it is for the audience.

I do just a film a year and so have a lot of time.

If we don't move with time, we'll be stuck in old ways.

You shouldn't think about the fate of the films. The film might succeed or fail, but your performance must be good. You should work hard for every film.

Pu La's writing is multi-layered, multi-faceted, and deep.

If I would have not been in films, I would have become an anti-social element.

That's me: success and failure don't affect me.

I have always felt that promoting somebody else's mistake as a superlative product is not my cup of tea.

The purpose of making a successful film is to blend entertainment with social content.

Cooking is like doing yoga. There is a lot of satisfaction in cooking food for others.

Earlier in my career, there may have been compulsions for accepting films for money.

I don't need others to validate my good conduct.

More than anything else, I love to act and leave the rest to my director.

When the camera is on, I am an actor; otherwise, I am an ordinary person.

My father was into textile painting and ran a small business. He encouraged me a lot and loved seeing my plays.

I feel, at the national level, shooters should get monetary rewards also, along with medals and a handshake.

I would like to address the issue of farmers through my craft - my films. But, the sad part is that such films win awards but don't get any rewards at the BO.

Farmers will not see good days unless their produce gets a guaranteed price. Even a notebook, a pen, or a soap has a price printed on it, but the milk that farmers sell do not have any price.

Actors are bedbugs in front of the nation. We don't have any worth.

When you refer to terra entities, you ornately say Mother Nature and Mother Earth. How much honour and care do all of us accord to any of the three - including our real life mother?

My work is my ultimate source of happiness.

The police and the army do their job honestly and sincerely. They are devoted to the country.

I am a better cook than actor.

My cooking style is exactly like my mother's.

That is my style. I work when I feel like working.

When you serve the country selflessly, that is your greatest contribution to the country.

When I don't feel like working, I don't.

Soldiers are the biggest heroes. No one can be a bigger hero than them.

Pakistani actors and everything come later, but first comes my country. I don't know anyone apart from my country, and nor would I like to know anyone.

I have always wanted to be an actor. I was just five when I started acting.

Always let your work talk for yourself. No matter how much you give interviews or how much you are written about, it is always the performance which counts.

When I was just 13 years old, I even painted cinema posters.

I came from the theatre. I would prefer to spend more time there.

Theatre has taught me a lot, and I am sure there will be a lot to learn.

I believe in sharing and contributing to society without being in politics.

I want to do films like 'As Good as it Gets' or 'Analyze This.'

I don't like talking about bygones.

I know I get abusive, very abusive, when I'm angry.

I've repeatedly tried to curb my temper.

Dealing with crime using archaic methods has become impossible. So, it's imperative that we change the ways to counter them.

The Naxals are also human beings.

Government will do whatever they want.

Whenever somebody comes to me with a script, I ask a question to myself - 'Why do I want to do the film?'

I am not a greedy actor.

If anybody has done bad things to me, then I must have done the same to them.