Failure is quite easy to handle because no one is looking at you. Success is difficult to keep and not everyone could handle it.

Comedy completely depends on the script and the type of dialogues we get. Comedy is dependent on time and so I will say comedy is tougher than being a villain.

I'm obsessed with all things Bengali, man. I love fish, my maid is Bengali, I acted in Bengali and Bangladeshi films.

I don't think I am restricting myself to doing only comedy; I am hoping that someone offers me something else.

I had started doing Bangladeshi films. You can say most of my aspirations of being an actor got fulfilled there but I also lost out as an actor here back home.

I always had a wicked streak in me, the sadist side in me also comes in my comedy films.

I would like to become 'Dilavar' from 'Muqaadar Ka Sikander' played by Amjad Khan. That is the kind of negativity a villain should have.

I got my big movie break thanks to an emergency in a five star hotel bathroom. I was attending a film party, wearing a kurta pajama. At the washroom, I could not open the pajama knot and was screaming for help. Pahlaj Nihalani was there and he helped me out. And before I knew it, I was in front of the camera for my first feature film, 'Aag Hi Aag!'

Gone are the days when people used to sit together and watch a show together. Today, it is all about become individual viewing. You miss a show, you can watch it on an app, while traveling, while sitting in your own rooms.

My mother was a doctor and so I spent a lot of time with Hirabai, our maid. One day, she got home and saw Hirabai bouncing me on her lap and cooing, 'Chunky, chunky.' She liked the name and it stuck.

I can't expect to be playing the lead and romancing heroines, so I'll do what I'm best suited for and I'm doing that happily.

In my early days, I used to go to many acting gurus, Asha Chandra and Roshan Taneja being two of them.

When I came back to Hindi cinema, I realized a generation had forgotten me completely.

It requires a lot of courage for someone to cast me in something else. I am just hoping that someone sees something else in me other than comedy.

In fact, both my parents were doctors but I was a duffer.

I have regional films, Bengali and Telugu, but always wanted to do a Marathi film especially because I think this industry makes the best comedy films.

People should take me more seriously.

If you cash in on people, then they aren't your friends.

Whatever I do, I enjoy myself.

I believe an actor should be shameless.

You get into depression when you are sitting at home and have no work, especially after being at the top of your game.

In 'Begum Jaan,' a lot of people did not recognize me as my look was different. That is the big thing and it means you have gone so much into your character.

Since childhood, I have always rooted for the villains. I would wish the villain beat the hero and get away with everything.

To stand up against Amitabh Bachchan in 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan,' you need to be a good actor to be able to do that.

I get very excited when I see Govinda on-screen. I love him. What a great actor, there is no better actor than him in the country.

I would love 'Aankhen 2' to happen. I would have Govinda and I play these two brothers and having kids who can take it forward.

I am a Big B fan.

My gurus were Dharmendra and Shatrughan Sinha.

I have always been inspired by the versatility of both Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor.

I often tell my daughter that it is very easy to handle failure because when you are a failure, nobody is bothered about you. Nobody will look at you even if you cry. But when you are successful, then it becomes difficult or even impossible to handle it.

I am a great one for just taking it easy and lazing around.