Tamannaah is not just pretty on the outside but from within too. She's extremely friendly and grounded. We had mutual admiration for each other and bonded so well. I think I found a sister in her.

As much as I love to do commercial films, a touching romantic film like Mani Ratnam's 'Geethanjali' will satiate my creative appetite.

I think it's very important to grow as a person from the experiences you encounter in life.

I really want to do roles that have some substance, and I hope writers give us that importance. I can't alone stand up and demand roles like that. It's a collective thing. Writers have to believe in heroines and understand that there's more to a woman than just her curves. It's not that they can't do it. They just choose not to.

You evolve with each and every film you do. In every film that I did, I learnt something or the other, and I am constantly learning and hopefully becoming better.

As for the future, you can never predict it, so I don't even think about it.

Failure never goes to my heart, and success never goes to my head.

If I look like a six-pack replete warrior in 'Tanu Weds Manu,' viewers are not going accept me.

I've always believed that the script is the boss.

'Tanu Weds Manu's brilliance lies in the fact that it makes the middle class want to be aspirational.

I am no more the 'chocolate boy.' Still, romance is always going to be a part of my life.

For every film that I have believed in - from 'Tanu Weds Manu' to 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein' - it was very difficult to find producers.

When I go to hotels, sometimes I find waiters and people who do not address me as 'Mr.' or address me as a normal guest would have been addressed, simply because my name is Maddy. I find that slightly offending, but I don't react to it thinking that maybe the name is so casual that people think it's a buddy that you are talking to.

Television is a good training ground for aspiring stars. You can experiment and get away, imbibing the positive and viable aspects. Whereas, in cinema, the stakes are high. If something goes wrong, the film falls flat.

I am not chocolate and definitely not a boy. I am a man, and I have no clue how this image has stuck to me despite all these years. I think, maybe, in spite of trying to shell off my chocolate boy image, love stories excite me, and somehow I land up in such roles.

Acting is like any other profession. I do not think stars need to have any hang-ups in public. I do not like to be treated like someone special - and this I say because I am normal and not because I want to sound humble.

I dislike the trait of ungratefulness.

When I do a film, I try and see how in tune I am with the director.

There is a time in every actor's life when he has to face the self-created hurdle after he starts getting bored of work and suddenly realises that he is left behind.

If I hadn't been part of '3 Idiots,' I would have felt bloody jealous.

Films are my life; I don't think there is anything that I would not do for the sake of the movie.

All great scripts need not reach silver screen, and every good story can't be narrated in a 2-hour film.

Whenever you have chemistry on-screen, then you have to be very attracted to the person.

Marital status is not going to affect one's prospects or fan following, for ultimately, talent will prevail. Take Aamir Khan or Shah Rukh Khan, for instance. Actors are mere dream sellers. They cannot become everyone's lover.