I am a big fan of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, who have carved a niche for themselves. I think doing different kind of films gives you longevity and the ability to set yourself apart.

The idea is to do out-of-the-box films that showcase my versatility and talent.

To me, the trick is not how can I make people laugh. It is, how can I make people laugh in a different way.

In a big Bollywood romantic film, taking my shirt off and spreading the hand towards the mountain with dancers behind me are not my cup of tea.

Surround yourself with a bunch of like-minded people, and you'll soak up their habits like a starved sponge. Fat people with fat friends care less about their weight.

I'm a stand-up comedian-turned-actor-turned-vampire at night.

Whatever movies I sign, they have to get me out of my comfort zone. Otherwise, I would get bored very easily.

You realise the responsibility of carrying a film on your shoulders when people are investing money in you and they recognise the hard work you have to put in.

In 'Delhi Belly,' I was bald; in other movies I always carried a different look.

In Bollywood, I think Boman Irani and Vinay Pathak are unbelievably good at comedy.

I auditioned nine times for 'Delhi Belly,' and it was torturous!

The fairy tale belongs to the poor...I know of no fairy tale which upholds the tyrant, or takes the part of the strong against the weak. A fascist fairy tale is an absurdity.

No passion disturbs the soundness of our judgement as anger does.

Ethically, she couldn't cause the suffering of any living thing. Logically, bacon cheeseburgers were delicious.

So many of us have believed that we need to labor and perform for God so that we can gain an identity, so that we might be accepted. But in the Kingdom, we start off accepted.

Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.

Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a door which opens, I hope, to take the reader deep into the book.

Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.

Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.

A man's dreams are a maze even he cannot know.