“The better the actor, usually the safer you feel working with.”

That’s your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

That’s your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.

We change the world with one random act of kindness at a time.

For the weekend, I say wash away your troubles with some bubbles. I’m getting a head start.

It’s what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That’s all and that’s the hardest thing.

I’m a firm believer that things happen as they should. The universe unfolds just as it’s supposed to.

Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.

We can always be a source of light to those around us.

I’ve been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It’s boring.

You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.

The best way to confront, or deal with, technological innovation is to keep moving technologically.

Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.

People hear that and say I’m being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I’m doing and what I’m doing is channeling.

A single thread of hope, can still be a powerful thing.

Every man has his own heaven, for me, heaven has always been being in the movies. When I used to imagine this place there was always a bright light.

Dibakar and Shekhar have the vision that we would associate with European cinema. They leave their actors on their own to give a personal narration on the screen.

An actor has to remember the primary reason why he chose the profession that he did. If every role that I do doesn’t challenge me, then what is the point of being an actor?

Frankly, I’m an actor right now because of Shah Rukh. When I was in school and even when studying engineering, I used to watch his films.

As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don’t.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the best actor because his choice of roles are so diametrically opposite from each other, and he pulls it off almost every time so convincingly.

It’s cruel to compare two actors working with two different filmmakers on two different characters.

You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.

Don Siegel last advice to me was ‘Don’t short yourself.’ He said the tendency is when an actor’s directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you’re going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you’re satisfied with it.