Films are a long process and the script is the first part.

The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.

I wanted to be an actor since I was just nine-years-old.

Art, I've always believed, is more real than life.

When I saw 'Lage Raho Munnabhai,' I felt proud be a part of the industry.

I never do roles, I play people.

I am happy with the roles I play.

I keep an open mind when a script is narrated to me.

The moment you achieve perfection, you are dead. The word exists because we are all imperfect. That is true about performance as well.

I am not really attached to my films and work. The film industry is just a small part of my life.

I believe in cinema! Unfortunately, 90 per cent of Hindi cinema is non-cinema. Only marketing works here. Even the item songs in these films are an extension of marketing.

For me, the film-maker is more important than the story.

The industry is all about money. It has nothing to do with talent and calibre. The star system is a money game.

When I see good films not doing well, irrespective of my role being appreciated or not, I have a problem because then the producer who has made a loss will never believe in investing in good cinema.

As an actor, I like my films to be believable.

Award functions are a big sham. It's a money-making television programme.

An actor should not bother about the camera per se, and what kind it is.

It does not mean that in the process of a small screen, I do small acting, or if I do a big screen project, I do big acting. For the actor, it does not matter.

If you want to grow a business, you want to make profit. Only then it is good business.

I believe man is stripped naked when he's in conversation with God. Your deepest fears, strongest desires, highest hopes - they're all there when you are talking to God.

In my case, I'm in touch with God in good times and bad. I don't use God as a means of favour. And I can't do business with him - the very thought is bizarre.

I don't understand when people say character actors. You either have the protagonist or the antagonist and I've played both. It's an actor's role to play a character. Does that mean that main stream heroes and heroines are characterless?

I was true to myself because I realized I was a better actor than signer.

I am an avid tennis player.