“I never think about what people will think when they watch me on screen.”

I experienced a lot of things while I was working with Dibakar Banerjee.

I love layering with great fitting jackets.

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

Everybody is in a hurry to decode you in a certain way, and then they expect you to adhere to their definition. How can they possibly do that when you yourself are finding it hard to discover yourself?

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

The best thing is to accept the circumstances, not take them personally, deal with them, stop complaining, and give everything your best.

I despise women wearing too much makeup. It hides their actual beauty.

Bringing out your vulnerable side and shedding your privacy in front of complete strangers is so very difficult, but when you are into the performance, the relief and release is so extraordinary that you get addicted.

For me, the opposite of happiness isn’t sadness but boredom.

I’ve been a fan of Dhoni for years. I’ve seen him play for India for over 10 years.

I’m a trained engineer, so I’m conditioned to come up with a right answer to a difficult question, but when it comes to art, there is no definite answer because it’s so subjective.

I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.

I will continue doing things irrespective of the medium as long as I’m excited about it.

Everything happening around me is very random. I am enjoying the phase, as the journey is far more enjoyable than the destination.

I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I’m fine. I’m a shy person.

I’ve stopped taking myself seriously because now I understand how fickle my thoughts are.

If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Japan should aim at is a society in which the efforts of people are rewarded.

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.

Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me.

Technology should do the hard work so people can do the things that make them the happiest in life.

People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.

The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it’s divisive and it’s dangerous.

People can’t seem to get it through their heads that there is never any healing or closure.