“I want to be an artist, an actor who acts really well.”

It’s a win-win situation when you make your debut with a superstar like Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, or Sunny Deol. The audience walks in to watch the actors they idolise; they also end up noticing beginners like me.

Physical fitness is extremely important to me. Only if you are fit will you be able to achieve whatever you want to achieve in life; you will be able to pursue your dreams, your ambition, you goals, and the things you love.

We need to teach boys to respect girls.

I have been blessed to be born and brought up in Uttarakhand, in the midst of all that snow, plus pure and divine environment.

I would love to do different kind of roles and genres.

Since childhood, I was ingrained into sports. It plays an important part in my life.

I am blessed to have a mother like mine. She is the greatest mother in the world.

I choose to focus on my work so that I can turn my dreams into reality.

I believe there is a lesson in everything that you do.

What I really liked about Ceriz is that it is fun, glamorous, and very effortless.

Everyone in Tollywood is so hardworking and professional. If I get an offer, I would definitely take it up.

Every actor is remembered for one particular film.

For me, a sexy man has three very important qualities: a great sense of humour, intelligence, and loyalty.

If true and unconditional love exists in this world, then it has to be the love between a mother and a child.

Hate Story 4′ is a revenge drama. My character Tasha is the real hero of the film. If you look at the poster, you will know.

When the music hits you, you feel no pain.

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.

I’m never certain of a performance – my own or the other actors’ – or the script or anything. But to me it seems there’s only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.

Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it’s almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.

Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do a bit of comedy, dance and singing, action, because all of this forms just one film. In many ways I’d say there are greater demands on Indian actors than there are on Hollywood.

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.

Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.

There’s a personal me, there’s an actor me and there’s a star me.

It’s the failure of my debut film which made me an actor, which made me want to succeed in the industry. But that doesn’t mean I regret whatever choices I’ve made over the years. No, not even ‘Kaiyethum Doorathu!’