I'm not cut out to play a filmi hero. I don't look like a hero.
Larger-than-life roles have never excited me. I'd rather play someone real who goes through obstacles and becomes a hero.
My cousins and my uncle have been iconic heroes in the industry and I don't think I'm anywhere close to that, but I'm happy that they like my work. They are my elders and it's natural for me to look up to them.
It would be great to read a script, which is an action script uniquely written so that it doesn't cost an arm or a leg because we are now accustomed to seeing action in the superhero form.
Beat up 10 guys, win the girl, and yet you are supposed to be a normal human being. I don't mind doing that as a superhero but not as a real person!
Eventually, after the hero and heroine, it is the antagonist who comes with the most anticipation in any film.
People in the South want heroes to be their own, whereas it is easier for them to accept a villain who hails from another state.
In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment.
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
Even if you've been a coward all your life, death is a heroic act.
