I am an extremely adventurous eater and an avid lover of spicy food.
Chunky Pandey
Nowadays, you cannot tell your kids what to do. In fact, you have to listen to them. As a parent, give them great education and values and they will decide what to do in life.
My nephew Ahaan is just like my son.
My face looks tanned and taut because I have been swimming under the sun at Otters Club every day. I have also lost a lot of weight. But I want to do plastic surgery.
There is no point dwelling on the past because each day is a new beginning.
Look at Sridevi. She is going to be remembered forever for her films.
You have to write your own story, your own graph and rhythm.
'Housefull' was a mass entertainer. Kids loved that film and they asked me when I was coming back. I feel I can't tell them that I am coming back as Baba 3G in a sex comedy, 'Kya Super Kool Hai Hum.'
Though I was nominated for awards for films like 'Tezaab' and 'Apna Sapna Money Money' but I never won an award. Now I am not even nominated for any awards but still I attend the award functions as I love being there despite figuring prominently in a lot of leg pulling that goes around in the award ceremonies.
I drink many cups of green tea, 12 oranges in a day and lots of salmon. They are all food with anti-oxidants.
If I have to start my career afresh, I would like to repeat everything, good or bad, which I did in the past 33 years.
Evil will always exist in this world.
Failure is quite easy to handle because no one is looking at you. Success is difficult to keep and not everyone could handle it.
I've gone after stuff that is short and highly appealing.
Today you see so many lady-boys in Bangkok roaming the streets where they have even removed their Adam's apple through surgery to look like girls. That's tampering with nature, but I feel if one needs to do little things to look good as we are in the looks business, then one shouldn't hesitate to do plastic surgery.
I should have got a better deal in my career, but everything has its time. You can't rush things, feel remorse or regret.
I have seen a lots of ups and downs in my career and one can always bounce back.
If in the first 30 seconds, a comedian cannot bring a smile to your face, he is not an entertainer.
I can't sit at one place for long in my own house, forget about 'Bigg Boss.' I have ants in my pants.
I have eaten grasshoppers in Thailand, snails in France, ostrich in Australia, crocodile in South Africa and Polar Bear meat in Moscow.
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.
