Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan.

I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.

I am a five-foot six-inch, dark, ordinary-looking man. People didn't imagine that I would make it.

When someone is looking at me, I feel they are looking at someone standing behind me, not at me.

I am trying every genre.

The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.

I believe everyone is mad when they are in love, and I don't think that can ever end.

My character in the first instalment of 'GOW' was very shy and reserved. It was completely different from 'Kahaani,' where I played a no-nonsense cop. And in the second instalment of 'GOW,' it is again very different.

The easier it looks on screen, the more hard work goes into making it so.

When people say I'm a star, I don't believe it.

I found the brick-making process fascinating - how, after being burnt, the brick would come out strong. I liked to sit on the stack of bricks and look as far as I could. I'd do the same at a hillock near my school - just sit on top at leisure and enjoy the feeling of being on top of the world.

In Mumbai, you have to act in real life, too.

Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where I spent half my life. And when I return, I spend time in the farms, eating a stalk of sugarcane, driving a tractor, and chilling with childhood friends.

It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.

The village I come from is the most ruthless, lawless land one can encounter.

There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick.

Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people.

I used to clean the sets and serve tea to the artistes.

Like the way we get to know about the society of Korea, Iran, and other countries through their films, people will get to know about our country. Our films are a mirror of our society.

I have seen many teachers in real life, which come from the same background and morality and treat their profession like just another one rather than a noble profession.

After graduating from National School of Drama, I started doing theatre in Delhi. But there was not much money in Hindi theatre.

I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.

I don't believe in the 100 crore club.

At first, I was hesitant when it came to giving autographs, thinking that I am not even worth giving one. But slowly I got over that phase.