Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.
Amitabh Bachchan
Life is a blur when one is essaying different roles; it is so fulfilling.
'No' is an entire sentence in itself. No means no, and when somebody says it, you need to stop.
Don't let anyone make you believe the length of your skirt is a measure of your character.
No one is perfect, and criticism is always welcome and expected.
I like to feel the butterflies in the stomach, I like to go home and have a restless night and wonder how I'm going to be able to accomplish this feat, get jittery. That hunger and those butterflies in the stomach are very essential for all creative people.
People are fed up with seeing the same thing over and over. They want a qualitative change.
No new projects at the moment. There are restrictions to how much I can take on. And I need to finish those that I am committed to do before thinking ahead. But I'd rather they take final shape before we talk of them.
I don't spend much time looking back at what happened. I do remember it, but I don't see any purpose of wanting to look back.
I've accepted that I was a failure in politics. I was not qualified for the job.
Having no work would be terrible.
I just feel that sooner or later, the sheer potential of the demographics of India, which is 1.25 billion people, will eventually be very attractive to the entertainment industry.
I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.
Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability.
I would like to believe that I still am a shy person; I am very introverted. I have a problem communicating.
Personally, when a controversy erupts, we decide first whether it requires clarification and, secondly, if it receives notice from authorities and the establishment, we submit responses to their queries.
It's a huge change from when I started in the 1960s, but what is really impressive is that the number of ladies on set, the women working on set is a huge percentage. There used to be no women. It was just the leading lady's mother, perhaps the hairdresser and the makeup person.
I miss the camera each moment and each day.
I ask you, as a citizen, is it a crime to go to the temple? And if I am propagating superstition by going to the temple, then the whole country is propagating superstition.
I would rather be an aware citizen, and if an opportunity were to arise where I would have to make a statement, I would happily do that.
Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio - he be soo gorgeous, no wonder all the ladies flockin' to him - He be Gatsby.
As a professional, I cannot afford to be complacent.
Everyone must accept that we will age and age is not always flattering.
I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father.
I don't have anything in particular to achieve; I don't want to go any particular direction. I just want to take up the challenges of life as we go along.
I am insecure about tomorrow. Will I get another job? Will it be appreciated? I will pursue acting for as long as I have a face and body that is acceptable to the people, but I still worry that if I don't do better tomorrow, it will all go away.
I have fans across the globe.
I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I'm quite amazed sometimes by the way they go about it. I grow a beard and it lands up in the editorial in The Times of India.
I think no actor should be ever satisfied because there is always something new to do, something fresh to get challenged by.
I like poems and keep sharing them online.
I sometimes feel that I have been born to attract controversy.
I don't agree that I have a lot of confidence.
I was born in fame. I was always recognised and known. Personally, I feel normal about it.
Coming together should be considered something positive for people and communities. When thoughts come together, that can be more positive than an individual thought.
The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just phenomenal. No wonder I became religious, because you don't know why something's happening to you and you don't know how you bounced back.
When I wrote my first blog, I got one response. Now, I sometimes get as many as 400 responses for my posts.
I like to rate myself as a performer upfront, both in films as well as in television.
I have never been a superstar and never believed in it.
I went into politics on an emotional level and soon realised that emotion has nothing to do with politics.
Kaizad Gustad is quite crazy, and he has weird ideas, and 'Boom' is one such idea. It's a crazy film by a crazy guy. It's almost a satire, a black comedy.
We play many emotions in our careers, emotions that in real life we would perform just once. For example, my character has died in about 10 films, so you have to keep searching for different ways to do it!
Foreigners have no idea of the diversity of India and its culture. We hope to be able to give them a glimpse of that diversity.
The body is an amazing system.
I am a not exactly a gadget freak and have the regular phones. But I keep multiple phones because if there's a network issue in one, then I can use another one.
I'm very fortunate to have spent so much time in the industry and to have lived through several generations of filmmakers, actors and technicians. There's a huge volume of experience seeing people change and seeing content change.
I am looking forward to going to Dubai because it gives us an opportunity to interact with each other. We can sit and enjoy each other's company. We can go out for a walk without worrying about shooting schedules.
There are many things that I feel I have missed out on.
Yes, every venture is always filled with apprehensions. But if we were to conduct ourselves continuously on that aspect, then we would lose the most important reason to be in this profession: to challenge the art of and be part of what is commonly known as our creative instincts.
Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.
Dearest TV media and vans outside my home, please do not stress and work so hard.
