“In the South, it is different, they have a audience that is literate.”

I have had 50 drinks in one go!

Abroad, they have covered pretty much all subjects, explored every possibility, every twist. So similarities between ideas you have and those filmed abroad are quite possible.

I don’t see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don’t get scared.

The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end.

To make a film and to sell it to the distributors you need a name.

It gets tiring, doing the same thing everyday.

Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken.

Now, I take my fees in cash, for acting, and keep the distribution thing separate.

You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that image.

There are two types of films – one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity.

By getting into distribution and production, I am actually widening my base.

If the producer gives me a guarantee that he will sell the film at a lower price to the distributors, fair enough, then I will charge less!

So it is fair enough that you are paying me what I ask for, because it is my name you are using to sell the film.

I guess the bottomline is, if there are two versions, then the better one will click.

Earlier, I used to charge territories instead of my fees as an actor, but I realised it was better to keep the two apart.

I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything.

Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody’s encouraged to want less, you’ll end up with less.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering “who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?”

Theater is like boxing – having the audience ringside. It’s instant gratification. Or horrification.

If the people in the audience are talking, you’re being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you’ve got something they want to hear.

There’s music that can affect people in their lives, and they will always relate to the point that they heard it and experienced it, either if you’re playing it or you’re receptive, as an audience.

I don’t think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience’s reaction is from another.

I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.