People know me through my characters. I don't think they have any idea about the individual that I am. They know I am a director's son, and I am married to an actress.

As an actor, you create a character from your understanding of what you have heard and your observations. Eventually, every film is an extension of the images that I have seen or what I have heard or read somewhere.

When you are talking about human emotions, stardom doesn't matter.

What I look for in a project is whether the storyline excites me.

The characters I portray are an extension of what I've seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how I understand life.

I like to laugh and to make people laugh.

When I am with my friends, I am comfortable.

Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

I want my films to do the talking. I feel if people have to understand me better, I should do more good films. I just want them to know me through my films.

I have always maintained that the audience should take a call on this. Its up to them to decide whether they want to see a pirated version or not. They should understand the effort and amount of hard work that go into a film.

People often ask whether marriage has changed me. I didn't marry because I had to change.

I give my best to each role that I do.

When I listen to a basic thought, I try to visualise the cinema in it. Sometimes it is dark, sometimes boyish, sometimes amateurish. It is a trial and error method. But the bottom line is that I want to entertain the audience.

Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.

My films may not have a great opening, but I am not bothered about it. Whatever the numbers be, I want those viewers who come for my films to be excited about watching the movie.

I am not affected or carried away by success or failure.

Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.

It doesn't matter to me how I look on screen. What matters to me is how I connect with the audience.

I feel that entertainment happens when fact and fiction is balanced.

I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.

People expect star kids to be perfect - horse-riding, fighting.

Failure affects me hard.

Roles don't fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.

I have grown up seeing success and failure.