“I don’t like differentiating between art and commercial cinema.”

I guess I learnt to appreciate old Hindi-movie music from my dad and somewhere down the line picked up jazz as well.

Some memories & experiences are difficult to articulate but live in your heart forever.

At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success.

Comic timing is something you are either born with or do not have.

I am not confident around people. Maybe, I have become slightly more confident over the years because of my profession.

I don’t think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.

It is a common perception that actors don’t get along.

Relationships or not, I believe that people don’t need to know about my life beyond a certain point.

A split second can ruin or boost the sequence.

Comedy is the most difficult. Comic timing is something which you either have it in you, or you don’t. You have to have a good sense of humour to be able to understand it. A split second can make you lose the punch.

I have always admired my mother’s style. For as long as I can remember, her style has been classic, elegant and something I have related to.

To me, the mind and body are one. I’m very transparent, in a way, and people can very easily make out what mood I’m in.

My choices are like my fingerprints, they make me unique.

It’s good to be on the edge, but I have never followed my mind. I have always followed my heart. And it has yielded the right results.

I am a big foodie, so much so that I eat in every half an hour. This is the secret of my glowing skin.

My parents never raised their hand or fired me. Their way of disciplining me was to tell me what is right or wrong.

Martial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people.

If you’re making art, you are not separate from your brand.

In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

I think that music is still art, even if it’s commercialised.

There is no color line in art.

In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.

I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn’t boastful, but some of it is. But that’s just the music, the art.