An interesting life could always use a little seduction, confidence, ambition, and danger.
Jim Sarbh
I am not interested in one-sided characters.
It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit, and I went to an ashram in Bihar and went to Himalayas backpacking.
In theatre, I get comedy or nice lead roles. I don't understand a grey or negative role.
You have to do all kinds of things like voice-overs, corporate gigs, and edit videos to support yourself.
I did plays because I liked plays. I studied psychology because I was fascinated by the subject, and I hope to keep doing films because I love the medium.
As you know, before entering the glamorous world of Bollywood, I was into theatre, where I played varied roles, from a lover boy to a servant.
'Neerja' is such a solid film. Everything about the film has substance, be it sound, writing, story, background scores, or direction.
I am an eco-friendly person and a vegetarian.
When you are not successful, nobody listens to you.
I am interested in seeing 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' by Vasan Bala, so I would like to work with him, and I also would like to work with Vikram Aditya Motwani, Abhishek Chaubey, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Kabir Khan.
If I see that everything the director does is motivated by trying to achieve the best, I can accept anything.
Sometimes, even when you aren't shooting, 25 percent of your brain is still with your character.
'Flip' is an anthology of four short films, and I am in the one called 'Massage,' along with Sandeepa Dhar and Viraj Patel.
In 'Raabta' I've two personalities to project, and yes, there are distinct shades of grey.
I do have carbon footprints because of travel, but apart from that, I am simple guy.
I've been doing plays ever since school. There's never really been a stop to it.
I trekked in the Himalayas, walked up to the Gangotri, and lived in an ashram.
I don't really know or care about trends.
In 'Jonaki,' it isn't about the individual actor. The actor is as important as the wall, or the water flowing down the wall, or a shadow. That kind of acting is also fascinating to me, not to be invisible necessarily, but to be in perfect synchronicity with the environment.
I am a little bored of playing negative characters.
What I play on screen doesn't bother me.
My father was the captain of a cargo ship. When I was about two years old, we used to sail with him. The crew of his ship would dress me up in fancy dress and make me dance for them. I was a performing monkey!
It's nice to get compliments from both girls and guys.
I am not a major jet-setter; I am a simple man who likes to be on a good beach, have a little swim, and play beach football.
I try to conserve water and avoid plastic as much as I can.
In 'Padmaavat,' you are pushed to be as good as the frame, to have a presence that lives up to the grand, operatic, intricate, beautiful frame that you inhabit. I love trying to rise to that.
I have done one or two plays in New York briefly.
I don't believe in the separation between mankind and nature. Mankind is nature.
I have a car, but I don't use it very much - only when I go for my shoots - so the carbon footprint is tiny.
If the role is complicating and challenging enough for me to push me out of my comfort zone, then I get very excited.
I'm really a nice guy!
It's harder to scream at someone you just chatted with at lunch. I mean, if you're a superb actor, you might be able to do that, but I couldn't do it.
I heard that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has an eye for detail, and it shows in his work, but seeing it firsthand is a powerful experience.
One must say no to some opportunities to open the possibilities of others.
I just do what I get cast in.
I acted all through school and college.
I am really tired of playing characters who don't care about people.
If I was lying on the side of the mountain, dying, would I have any regrets? Yeah. I would regret not making films.
'Absolute Water' converts sewage water into water which can be even consumed - if only one can get rid of the taboo of drinking sewage water, which they do in many parts of the world!
I've been doing theatre for years, but film acting has broadened my horizon.
Strangely, or maybe not so strangely, a lot of the roles that I am offered are of Muslim characters, maybe because I looked a certain way in 'Neerja.' But I am actually Parsi.
There is serious Islamophobia in the world.
Discovery Channel's 'Planet Healers' will provide a look into how businesses can exist for more than just making profits, how they can help create a better and sustainable future.
I don't really understand this negative or positive role thing. A role is a role.
When a film does well, everyone is usually happy and grateful, but for me, the impression the film leaves upon my mind is created during the process of filming; my memories are not a reflection of critics' reviews and box office figures.
For me, India symbolises a big fire and a big river.
Memorizing the song and singing it are two different things.
Ideally, for me, the power of appreciation lies in getting better roles and being given more responsibility as an actor.
I was afraid that I'd be typecast as the token firang. That happened initially. Now, I am acting in 'Noises Off' and 'Menagerie,' where all of us are playing British and American characters. That makes me feel better.
