I feel the dams of emotions open up more easily when one is acting.
Roles are extremely finite, but human beings are infinite.
See, our country has certain problems. Certain psychological problems. We are dynasty lovers. We love the fact that this guy comes from this family and we start giving them concessions.
People often accuse me of being serious. Have I played serious roles in 'Honeymoon Travels' and 'Sankat City?' It is just that after the films were made, producers did not have money to bombard it all over the place.
Preparing for roles sounds so academic, doesn't it? It feels as if you are preparing for an examination! In a creative medium, the preparation is of an entirely different kind, and for me, the ideas flow from the script itself.
A simple love story can be made into an interesting film if the film-maker can think differently.
I find award functions laughable. To me, it is just like an extension of a college annual day function.
Life is too short to hold regrets. Once it's done, you cannot regret it.
I had these false ambitions - marketing and MBA. I didn't do very badly at it, but I realised my calling was something else.
We are a jingoistic nation - whether it is politics or films or whatever. We can posthumously shower praises and accolades on people, but when they are alive, we don't bother about them. A classic case is Om Puri.
I don't bother about awards.
If you don't have integrity, don't be in cinema.
Content films necessary don't go by the content, they go by the emotions. Content films are about content whether you want to portray the content or sell it through humour, through seriousness, is a choice of the filmmaker.
I have lived life on my own terms.
I am an avid tennis player.
You have got to dig deep into your own spectrum while playing a character. If I am playing evil, believe me, I am bringing out the evil from within me.
I don't understand when people say character actors. You either have the protagonist or the antagonist and I've played both. It's an actor's role to play a character. Does that mean that main stream heroes and heroines are characterless?
I've worked with a lot of people who have a lot of integrity towards cinema.
I don't have the expertise in that department, I seriously lack the skill to market myself.
If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.
