Cooking is like doing yoga. There is a lot of satisfaction in cooking food for others.

Earlier in my career, there may have been compulsions for accepting films for money.

I don't need others to validate my good conduct.

More than anything else, I love to act and leave the rest to my director.

When the camera is on, I am an actor; otherwise, I am an ordinary person.

My father was into textile painting and ran a small business. He encouraged me a lot and loved seeing my plays.

I feel, at the national level, shooters should get monetary rewards also, along with medals and a handshake.

I would like to address the issue of farmers through my craft - my films. But, the sad part is that such films win awards but don't get any rewards at the BO.

Farmers will not see good days unless their produce gets a guaranteed price. Even a notebook, a pen, or a soap has a price printed on it, but the milk that farmers sell do not have any price.

Actors are bedbugs in front of the nation. We don't have any worth.

When you refer to terra entities, you ornately say Mother Nature and Mother Earth. How much honour and care do all of us accord to any of the three - including our real life mother?

My work is my ultimate source of happiness.

The police and the army do their job honestly and sincerely. They are devoted to the country.

I am a better cook than actor.

My cooking style is exactly like my mother's.

That is my style. I work when I feel like working.

When you serve the country selflessly, that is your greatest contribution to the country.

When I don't feel like working, I don't.

Soldiers are the biggest heroes. No one can be a bigger hero than them.

Pakistani actors and everything come later, but first comes my country. I don't know anyone apart from my country, and nor would I like to know anyone.

I have always wanted to be an actor. I was just five when I started acting.

Always let your work talk for yourself. No matter how much you give interviews or how much you are written about, it is always the performance which counts.

When I was just 13 years old, I even painted cinema posters.

I came from the theatre. I would prefer to spend more time there.

Theatre has taught me a lot, and I am sure there will be a lot to learn.

I believe in sharing and contributing to society without being in politics.

I want to do films like 'As Good as it Gets' or 'Analyze This.'

I don't like talking about bygones.

I know I get abusive, very abusive, when I'm angry.

I've repeatedly tried to curb my temper.

Dealing with crime using archaic methods has become impossible. So, it's imperative that we change the ways to counter them.

The Naxals are also human beings.

Government will do whatever they want.

Whenever somebody comes to me with a script, I ask a question to myself - 'Why do I want to do the film?'

I am not a greedy actor.

If anybody has done bad things to me, then I must have done the same to them.

Spirituality, for me, is acquiring and giving happiness without hurting anyone.

I believe in God, but I am not religious.

The role has to excite me as an actor. It is like a train journey: you know where you have to reach, and all things that happen in between are like stations that come and go. Of course, there are films like 'Welcome,' which I did only for money.

Practice helps you reduce your mistakes.

Yes, I remember as a child, I would potter around my mother in the kitchen and want to participate in everything she was doing. I have learnt most of my cooking from her. I also used to irritate her with a lot of questions.

Everybody has a hero and a villain within themselves. So it depends upon you to be a hero or a villain. If you show humanity, it will give you satisfaction.

My father died when I was 28, and within two-and-a-half years of that, I lost my first son.

When I was just 13, we went from being middle class to lower middle class and finally lower class, as someone close to my father took away everything he had, including his property. All of a sudden, I started working at the age of 13.

As an actor, I think it is my responsibility to hold a mirror to the society.

I have seen some films which were bad or trashy been given four stars. From that day on, I don't believe in reviews.

Our democracy has survived for so many years in India. We should at least give credit to the Congress for that.

We live in a society where you may not like everything that is happening around you. However, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it is wrong. Similarly, just because you dislike something, you don't have to keep talking about it or instigating people against it.

I do take my characters back home. In fact, I am the reel person in real life during the entire shoot. This affects me and my family because I tend to be eccentric or irritable during these times.

I have seen several hardships since I was a child. As a result, I don't perceive things the way most people do.