“When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.”

I crave for adventure. It makes me feel alive and excited. It’s a constant tussle between what you want to do and other parameters that aren’t in your hands.

To be able to make statements, you need to be confident about what you think. You need to have a sense of right and wrong.

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.

I cannot think that I am a good cricketer and just become one. For this, one needs skill.

My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.

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?

The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can’t completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.

I am not a private person; you can ask those who hang out with me.

If you have skills to pull off even a four-hour film, people will go and watch it.

I was very excited and interested as a background dancer or as a theatre actor or when I was working on TV, or even on the film which didn’t do well, like ‘Byomkesh.’

If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better.

Before the film begins shooting, in your head, you need to be the character. You have to convince yourself somehow.

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.

The only strong opinion that I have about myself is that I don’t have any opinions.

Our job, as actors, is not to tell the audience how interesting we are, but to entertain them with our films.

No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.

A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love-from a belief in what is not real, to faith in that which is. That shift in perception changes everything.

Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.

It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.

Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.

Unfortunately, unless we’re focused on building up our courage, which gives us our self-confidence and all that we need to make quantum change in our lives, the voice of fear will always take the lead inside our minds.

We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now.

Change your story, change your life. Basically, that’s what it is.