On the sets, I used to scare people. I team up with my level of people and sometimes do spooky things. I've inherited this from my mother, as she used to scare my neighbours by dressing up like a ghost.

Every actor prepares a scene in their own way. For me, it's about understanding the scenario, the room I'm going to be working in, the obstacles in and around the frame, etc.

I don't watch too many films.

I have to tell you this - as a teenager, I never used to see any horror films till I started acting in films.

I think cancer came into my life as a gift. My vision is sharper, my mind clearer, my perspective realigned.

For a young, unexposed Nepalese girl, Bollywood was a terrifying experience.

I was ahead of my classmates in some ways. While they were enjoying Mills & Boons, I was reading Ayn Rand.

When I got to know about my cancer, I was at the rock bottom of my life, and my work suffered for it.

There's no substitute to hard work.

I always wanted to be an acclaimed artist and to be at the top of my game.

I found that this life is a gift, and everything that comes with it is a gift.

I take care of my health. I nurture it.

Fame will go away; people will not have interest in your work anymore. That has to happen. To overcome, all you can do is reinvent and work hard.

What's important is to do good work and interesting roles.

The moment I started watching my thoughts, I realized how futile fear is.

I am looking to play powerful characters and as far as biopics are concerned.

When I'm in Kathmandu, I go out into the hills and go trekking.

Every director, when they make a film, their souls speak. The kind of stories they choose to make, it shows their souls.

I don't watch my old films. It's over and done with. I'm proud of my films, but who watches their movies after 20 years?

Wherever I go, I'm followed by trouble.

I'm a Hindu and a Nepali by birth.

I believe in all the secular values that Indian democracy is famous for.

I don't miss what has passed. I am enjoying the present. I am not one of those people who live in the past.

Women have started speaking their minds, and men have graciously started accepting that. I love this.

I think I am more liberated as an artiste in my late 40s.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

We tend to not value anything that we get for free.

I think when an actress is good, roles in mid-forties is a great thing.

Some directors are like poets.

Cancer treatment is very expensive, and the process is painful and long. This is something that we have to collectively think about, on how to make it affordable.

Yes, I tend to be self-critical at times. This is because during my cancer period - while I was going through the whole process of treatment - I had time to reflect.

I do feel at a loss for not having a child of my own at times, very much so.

By and large, I think female directors are far more sensitive.

Earlier, I was traveling all over the world. Then I got married. Everyone presumed I had lost interest in my career. That was not true.

I am completely a director's actor. If the director gives me the liberty and freedom, then I give my inputs. Otherwise, I just follow instructions.

On one hand, I want to be successful and give my best to everything I do, but I don't want to be too consumed by anything.

When I look at my audience, I think life has been kind.

I know I'm not the most orthodox kind of player. I just feel normal being like that.

I been asked about my legacy and I really don't care much about the legacy.

I just consider myself a player, a team player.

I've never been a great shooter. I'm not a regular foreigner player.

Even the bad moments, the tough ones, I'm proud of them, too. Those moments get you better, smarter, make you grow.

Playing 16 years is completely unexpected and going through everything we went through. Big disappointments, huge wins, creating that type of union with the coaching staff, with the front office, with the staff, teammates. It's been an amazing journey, way beyond anything that can be expected.

I don't think about drawing the contact on purpose. I just want to get to the line.

The way I played, the way my body was all over the place, not thinking about being careful for the next game or anything like that, I think fans liked it.

I've said before I play every season as if it's the last one.

Sometimes having good games. Sometimes bad ones. Sometimes making shots, and sometimes not. I'm the same guy, and I always said that winning the championship or not winning it, scoring 20 the last game or second-to-last or whatever, or zero, is not going to change who I am or the decision I make.

Most of the photos I take I don't post, so Instagram is not my thing. I like to edit them, make them look good, and keep them for myself.

You learn from losses and enjoy the every day, too.

What I don't miss is the travelling, the late games, the back-to-backs, the not being able to sleep well. Being tired or sore, I don't miss that part at all.