I have songs that define characters from each film of mine. It can be a song from that particular film or something that just goes with the wavelength of the film; you listen to it, and it gives you that rhythm. I can't articulate how it helps, but it somehow gives you an understanding of the character.
I despise women wearing too much makeup. It hides their actual beauty.
I have been blessed with strong leg muscles, and dancing really exercises one's legs.
I will continue doing things irrespective of the medium as long as I'm excited about it.
As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don't.
Bringing out your vulnerable side and shedding your privacy in front of complete strangers is so very difficult, but when you are into the performance, the relief and release is so extraordinary that you get addicted.
I'm a trained engineer, so I'm conditioned to come up with a right answer to a difficult question, but when it comes to art, there is no definite answer because it's so subjective.
Since I think I am very boring in normal life, I tend to hide behind all these exciting characters, making people believe that I am someone else entirely. That feeling is very powerful.
I am ecstatic that 'KPC' was a commercial hit and was critically acclaimed. The 60 days we shot for it were the best days of my life. I still get goosebumps when I think of them.
It took me 13 months just to prepare for 'M.S. Dhoni'... I started by watching every single video I could find of his, repeatedly. After three months, people who met me started saying that they could see similarities, and I knew I was on the right path.
I was very excited and interested as a background dancer or as a theatre actor or when I was working on TV, or even on the film which didn't do well, like 'Byomkesh.'
I never think about what people will think when they watch me on screen.
I am not bothered with whether my characters are conventional or not. Because I am not in this for the designer labels and the autographs.
I am not saying that those who crave for conventional stardom are wrong in their aspirations. But that's not what I want.
I have four elder sisters, and being the youngest, I was pampered.
If you have skills to pull off even a four-hour film, people will go and watch it.
I remember when the results of the All India Engineering exams came out. I ranked 7th. I even got a scholarship. But it was during the sixth semester of my engineering course that I decided to call it quits and pursue acting seriously.
I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.
The equation I share with the camera doesn't change whether you place a camera in front of me or a live audience. Just the pay cheques differ. But that doesn't matter to me because I've so much money, I don't even think about it. It's just lying there.
When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.
