“There are actors who can pull of a writer’s lines; I am not competent enough to do that.”

Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.

If I ever have a child. Insh’allah I will. I wish it’s a girl. I want a girl child.

All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.

I’m not possessive, I’m caring. Once you realize a person doesn’t want that much care, you automatically back off.

Turn your nightmares into your dreams , some dreams don’t turn out the way you want them to , then wake up and turn and turn it around in your favour.

I am not born to just become an actor.

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.

Don’t throw out buzz words without really knowing what is going on behind it.

For me acting, comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don’t act at all. I think that to feel the character’s pain I have to be myself. Somewhere audiences see that.

Shah Rukh is not my girlfriend that I should remember him. When I don’t remember my past girlfriends, what will I remember Shah Rukh for?

There are people who want awards because it changes the perception of the audience. But I’m not into all that.

Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.

Have you seen a duck gliding smoothly on water? Does it ever look like it is paddling furiously underneath the surface? I don’t have to show that I am working very hard.

A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.

Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.

Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.

An actor is a fool for God !

I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.

I was getting to perform with an actor with whom I had never interacted before.

I’m a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I’m interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.

More than an actor, I am a performer. I’m a great believer

I can fight with all actors, I can face them and win, but I cannot fight aliens.

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.

I never wanted to be an actor but ended up being one.