As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friends and supporters are. I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go.

I keep the bad-boy image just to make my fans happy.

I have lost 18 kg. Now if I lose anymore weight, I will vanish.

Kolkata is the relatively unexplored part of India as far as Hindi films are concerned.

Passion gives me emotional strength... Passion means power!

I have this huge lion tattoo embossed on my arm. I was a little worried as to how we would cover it up. But my makeup man covered the tattoo with makeup. It took close to two hours.

Parineeta is a classic love story.

As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot.

A good script and a good brief from the director is enough to let me know what is expected of me.

The film industry is a lovely family and I respect it.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

Never look at how others who live dishonestly become rich, look at God and His holiness

Wherever love is blind, hatred can't see.

Never wade through the pretty ripples of perpetually flowing rivers, until you have looked at their lovely waters, and prayed to them, and washed your hands in the pale enchanting water.

I hope you will understand that architecture has nothing to do with the inventions of forms. It is not a playground for children, young or old. Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit.

Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.

This question about Iraq has gotten personal.

A more important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality.

My life is really based around my house and my friends and my family at the moment, and has been for a while now.

I love basketball and I'm committed to it, but if I have to lock up my spirit because of basketball, it ain't worth it.

The sexiest people are thinkers.