An actor can give his best shot but the script and dialogues have to have punch to make it more effective.

It's not whether I believe in God, but it's whether He believes in me.

AR Rahman is truly great.

In a film, I can show you the beach, the sunset, the roads, while in a play you have to imagine all that.

I do theatre for my personal satisfaction and enjoyment.

I love Delhi for its historical value and the variety of food it offers.

I have a hunger for good roles.

I admired actors like Dilip Kumar and Om Puri as a kid and acting was all I ever thought about.

Writing a comedy script is a difficult thing. I think if someone is attempting a comedy and then they fail then it's understood.

It's difficult to adopt mannerism of a real-life person and even add the nuances of your acting into it.

I have full confidence in Modi and his policies. Just like Gujarat, he will transform India.

The country needs a leader like Modi. He should come to the national level politics.

As an actor, the experience that I have as a politician while sitting in Parliament - that helps me enrich myself as an actor. But I am an actor first.

I have enjoyed doing some films as they were well written like 'Andaz Apna Apna,' 'Hera Pheri' and 'Cheeni Kum.' These films were high on the comedy quotient as the characters were creating a comic situation.

I have done too many movies but too little variety.

Charlie Chaplin was known to be an acrimonious person. Not that I compare myself to him but I am quite brusque, too.

It is not necessary to have a good sense of humour personally to do comedy well.

I began my career with Gujarati and Hindi plays in 1973.

My middle class values are intact.

I understand that everything is dictated by market value. But cinema is also an art. It saddens me to see great talent languishing for lack of proper roles.

Every time my capability as an actor would be questioned, I would put in double the effort.

I never felt like running away from my dreams.

I like simple home-cooked food.

I want to make sensible commercial films.