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

If you have an idea that seems worth doing, don’t wait to hire other people and get funding and all those things. Just start doing it, wait to see what happens, and then iterate on that.

I am more convinced than ever that mindsets toward learning could matter more than anything else we teach.

The only person I have hurt is myself.

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

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.

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

I knew school was stupid since the fifth grade.

I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.

I could drive from the age of nine. My dad had his car pitch at home, and we used to drive the cars around the land, take them up to the tap, wash them, and reverse them back.

I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

I don’t want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on?

I wasn’t really comfortable reading until I was 12.