I realise that women don't want to get treated differently but just equally. I don't know what feminism is all about, but I understand that women should be treated equally, and I endorse that thought.
I don't want to be known as a 'player.' I don't want to give plastic smiles on television and say 'No comments.'
Anything I do in life, the first person I share it with is my elder brother. He always tells me the way to take it forward.
Stardom can be obtained only after surviving and giving good films for almost 20 years.
I think listening to the director is the number one strength an actor should have.
When something is not liked by people, you cannot make it run, however big actor or producer you may be. The audience has to make it a hit. The power is in the hands of the public.
I always put myself in the audience's seat, whether it is a film like 'Judwaa 2' or 'Badlapur.' There has to be a message; the core story needs to have a hook, which should be out of the ordinary.
Directors have good and bad movies. My father also made some flop movies, and he had bigger hits, too. That should not determine anything.
My parents brought me up to be comfortable in one's own body. And I have always been comfortable in my own skin.
I follow my heart and my instinct about films and people.
I have a large heart, and there are many special people in my heart like my mom, my dad and brother and his wife.
To do your first film is a dream.
People think the effort is less in popular commercial cinema, but that's not true.
What matters is whether the audience likes the film or not. Everything else is secondary.
I love cinema and creating new things, but essentially, I am creating all this because I want people to see it.
I have no issues in talking about my personal life, but I feel it takes away from my career and my characters, especially when a film is about to release.
I want the films of every person I am compared to and am reportedly in competition with to do better than me.
Superstars in every era have come from outside the industry, and that will continue to happen because cinema is nobody's birthright.
I've been blessed to get the kind of films I have done.
As an actor, overexposure can affect you negatively if you keep repeating yourself. But thankfully, my films are really different from each other.
