It's only when I have to do some bare body shots that I cut down on fat.

My thatha's death was the biggest blow I've dealt with in all my life. I have never seen death in my family, especially not of someone who's so close to me... I might be this big guy from the outside, but I'm very sensitive when it comes to my family.

Hyderabad can be harsh to a foodie like me. The haleems and the biryanis are in your face. It's hard to overcome temptations and harder not to binge.

My family has always believed that anybody can do anything if you are trained for it. So I trained with Barry John's in Mumbai, did marital arts, and then went to stunt school in the U.S.

My only plan is to be versatile. That's how I started, and that's how I will continue.

Trust me: I eat a lot. I am a big guy.

'Naa Ishtam' is my first commercial Telugu film. That was exciting.

For 'Dum Maro Dum,' I had a diction tutor, as I had to get rid of my Hyderabadi Hindi and learn Goan Hindi. It wasn't easy, because these two kinds of Hindi were mutually incompatible. I had to unlearn one kind of Hindi and then learn a new kind.

You never know when you actually fall in love.

I believe that you become a better actor only when you work with people far better than you are.

I've always been a big fan of Anjali Menon as a director and have watched most of her films, too.

Genetically, I am built big and strong.

'Baahubali' team is not after numbers. If we would have been number guys, we would have never made a film with such a huge budget. We just wanted to make the biggest war film of this country, but what it has achieved is amazing.

I am really happy with the appreciation 'Baahubali' is receiving. Its success proves that if you back the right content, it can travel across the country and the globe.

By logic, it's a handicap. If I shut one eye, I can't see from the other eye. But it is one of those things which I don't think too much about. One needs to have the strength to move forward.

I enjoy being myself on television, where I am not enacting a character.

It was the reason why I became an actor - to tell new stories - and I stick to that, which is how I found 'Ghazi.'

I don't want to do the song-dance formula; there are many people doing it, right?

I grew up understanding cinema from early on and was soon cinema-literate.

I don't enjoy doing over-the-top action entertainers.

I find Katrina Kaif attractive and would like to work with her some day.

I have never understood why promotion is such a big thing in Hindi films.

When I watch films, I skip songs. I don't like them.

I want to do films in as many genres - action, fantasy, period, classic love stories - as I can. I don't want to pigeon-hole myself.