I have been very cautious about the films that I do. I hope to always entertain my audience. The day I am not able to do that, I will quit acting.

Sequels face the risk of being constantly compared to the first film.

I eat exactly three times a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. I sit quietly for 20 minutes without anybody disturbing me, and I chew each mouthful 60 times.

It is a privilege that women fancy me, but I cannot sustain the chocolate boy image forever. I don't want to end up being known, like the late veteran Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan was, as the king of romance.

My assistants will bear testimony to the fact that I am a very angry man.

I told my wife that I want to take a three-year break. She supported me and said, 'Please go ahead.' I am grateful that she supported me. For me, this romance and understanding is very important in our marriage.

Nobody is in the world should be deprived of the joys of eating.

I would prefer to work for directors who give me the script and written screenplay at the outset.

I have found out what I am allergic to, and I am trying to avoid that in my daily food intake.

I had built my body to look like a boxer, then I lost it completely for 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns.' It was really tough gaining weight, building muscles, and then losing it completely for another film.

I don't mind being called Maddy at all, but I mind the closeness that you assume you get by calling me by my pet name. So merely by calling me Maddy, I don't give you the authority to come and put your hand around my shoulder.

I don't want to buy a jet plane. I don't want to live with an entourage.

One needs to be super intelligent and have an above-average IQ to be able to work in movies.

I'm a Gemini, and my attention span is limited. So, I don't dwell on long-term goals.

For me, my realism has stood me over 15 years, so the kind of films that I have done has garnered enough respect for me to be able to survive the industry.

It is not easy to lose or gain weight. The diet and the exercise regime should be compatible with your body, or else you end up with wrinkles and hair loss.

I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success.

I hail from a small town, Jamshedpur. From childhood, I've been constantly surrounded by people who are not so urban.

I am a hardcore Bihari boy. I am born and brought up in Bihar, and for me, ethnicity is not a problem and is inbuilt in me.

If you say actors have a social responsibility to do things, you are right, in a way. It's a wishful decision. But if it's done out of force, I don't think it will accomplish anything. Everybody starts counting how much work they have done and see if they have done their due for the week. That is not social service. You need to go way beyond that.

I use the Net for a lot of things besides e-mailing. I involve myself in chats with people as part of my research for characters.

Normally, my birthdays are very quiet. I go to the temple with my family and later take blessing from my parents. A few friends come over to my house, and we talk about the year gone by.

I am very choosy about my films. I don't do a film just for the sake of money.

I've realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning.