“Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are.”

Critics have a job to do. They do not criticize you without reason.

I really thought that there was going be this moment when a ray of light from heaven would come pouring in, background music would start playing with angels singing, but none of that happens!

Whatever you do, do it from the heart

The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.

Not that we’re complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility.

If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right.

I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India.

More often than not, we cater to the public perception.

There is one common thing in superstars – enthusiasm and humility towards their work.

However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment.

Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can’t cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.

The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.

I’m an actor, paid to act. I don’t bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.

My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That’s not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.

My daughter is not an object to flash around or a prized item to put on display.

Just because I don’t show six-pack abs doesn’t mean that I don’t have them.

I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.

I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me – shapes and ideas so near to me – so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn’t occurred to me to put them down.

I think that the revolution in music is over, and what’s left is a mop-up action. It’s a matter of the news getting out to everybody else.

How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.

I’ve always said that it’s none of my business what other people think of me.

America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.

Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.

I’m not the most religous person in the world, but I think the good Lord up there has blessed me.