As a creative person, you never embark on something thinking it will be substandard.
The fear of every actor is when is this life going to be snatched away from me? Which is the day or year that the audience is going to decide 'that's it.'
My work is my hobby and if I am not on the sets, I am at home with a bunch of very close friends.
Marriage changes everything. I want full control over my life. When you share your life with somebody else, you can't have full control. You have to give a lot of control away. You share each other's lives.
Some people bare their entire life on the Internet. There are politicians and actors, who like that. But there are some who don't want to do that.
Salman is my favourite actor. In fact, I look upon the entire Khan family with great regard.
Even in my personal life, I can't bear to have bad feelings.
It is a humbling experience to work with Duttsaab and Amitji, who was my dad's costar in so many films.
In our Constitution, it is said that we have freedom of speech and freedom of expression. In my mind, unless that freedom is total, it is no freedom at all.
If you want to be an actor today you have to come prepared with the entire package, which includes acting, dancing, action, PR skills, building your physique and all of it. Otherwise, nobody is going to touch you.
Everybody, and that includes an actor, wants to go to work everyday. That said, it's better to sit at home than do a bad film. That can harm your career more than not having a release!
All the top stars like Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh, etc. do very few films a year and I don't think it's affected their visibility or fan following in any way.
I'm not cut out for that life; for sharing my life. Whether it's getting married, or having kids. That too drastically changes your life. Everything important to you becomes less important, because the child gains utmost importance.
There's a perception in the industry that if the actor is not working or has taken a timeout, he or she has left the film circuit.
I don't enjoy being on social media or at events.
I do take my work very seriously, and I am first and foremost a very dedicated actor. I am also a very shy guy so you won't find me chatting or talking that much.
Personal questions, or accusations about delivering flops or not doing good films end up being accusatory sessions where I have to defend myself. That's why I prefer not to do interviews.
Gandhi: My Father' is a project very close to our hearts.
The fact remains that I am a very artless and incompetent writer.
I don't want to be known as an unprofessional actor. There was a time I was considered unprofessional, to a certain extent. I was very uncomfortable about that.
