I like simple home-cooked food.
I admired actors like Dilip Kumar and Om Puri as a kid and acting was all I ever thought about.
I don't think kids of actors become good actors but exceptions are always there.
I love Delhi for its historical value and the variety of food it offers.
I never felt like running away from my dreams.
Every time my capability as an actor would be questioned, I would put in double the effort.
I understand that everything is dictated by market value. But cinema is also an art. It saddens me to see great talent languishing for lack of proper roles.
My middle class values are intact.
I began my career with Gujarati and Hindi plays in 1973.
It is not necessary to have a good sense of humour personally to do comedy well.
Charlie Chaplin was known to be an acrimonious person. Not that I compare myself to him but I am quite brusque, too.
I have done too many movies but too little variety.
I frequently visit Ahmedabad. My sister lives here.
I know very well that I can never look like PM Modi.
I have enjoyed doing some films as they were well written like 'Andaz Apna Apna,' 'Hera Pheri' and 'Cheeni Kum.' These films were high on the comedy quotient as the characters were creating a comic situation.
As an actor, the experience that I have as a politician while sitting in Parliament - that helps me enrich myself as an actor. But I am an actor first.
To make anything successful, you need a good writer.
The country needs a leader like Modi. He should come to the national level politics.
I have full confidence in Modi and his policies. Just like Gujarat, he will transform India.
It's difficult to adopt mannerism of a real-life person and even add the nuances of your acting into it.
