I was very shy and very reserved as a child, very, very introvert.

I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.

I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old Your days are gone; it is part of life.

What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.

I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.

I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.

Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.

Our stars are quite notorious. I mean, they don't show up on time. This is, you know, something which is very, very annoying.

Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet her when we would be introduced. But the way we met was funny because I just didn't recognise her!

Success for me hasn't been about individual success. It's about the success of all those young boys and girls who I have the honor of working with.

To say, ‘he lacks understanding’, about someone is an open kashay (inner weakness of anger-pride-deceit-greed).

Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom.

Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.

Bureaucrats denounce private enterprise for the consequences of their own reckless policies and demand still more governmental controls.

I'm a Cancer, which means I'm maternal and emotional. So in relationships I'm screwed.

Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's worth of work.

Order always weighs on the individual. Disorder makes him wish for the police or for death. These are two extreme circumstances in which human nature is not at ease.

I opened my eyes and met his dark, earnest gaze. "It's okay," I said. "It's okay now. I'm here I'll always be here for you.

When I have time, I write other things. I'm working on a book, I paint, I sculpt, I play with my dog, I watch television - I catch up on South Park or movies or whatever I've missed, normal stuff.