Chilli ice cream doesn't taste bad. But I wouldn't eat it again.

I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'

My theory is children don't do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.

One can understand a person by the way he removes his wallet and puts his hand to take out money.

The day we learn to allow an ambulance to pass through in traffic, might be the first step towards being a truly responsible society.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in my best mood.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly.

I am very proud to be a part of '3 Idiots,' and happy that the character has worked in a big way.

When I was child, I never spoke. Teacher used to write remarks on my note book. My mom sent me to a trainer. I started talking, and it gave me confidence.

Writers are not here to conform. We are here to challenge. We're not here to be comfortable—we're here, really, to shake things up. That's our job.

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked not be endured with patient resignation.

Very gifted people may be sociopathic in varying degrees.

I take much pleasure in being alone but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone.

I started finding hearts in things - whether it was like, a tree I was passing, a straw wrapper on the ground, I think the heart has one continuous line, which is very powerful.

Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology.

A true revolution of values will see that the western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.

If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important.

The magic happens when you find the sweet spot where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect.

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.