Everything happening around me is very random. I am enjoying the phase, as the journey is far more enjoyable than the destination.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I'm fine. I'm a shy person.
I am not lost. I am very much alive.
No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.
We should never forget the inevitable, as we will lose everything eventually. So, why fret over any kind of security? The idea is to just fly and experience it all while it lasts.
What keeps me going are my learnings, which I would rather call my 'experience,' and my urge to explore.
The more I learn about things, I realise how wrong I was before.
I think people generally are lost, as they keep thinking about what is going to happen and what they have done. They are not alive anymore. The art of listening is missing. In their head, they are doing something else.
For me, the opposite of happiness isn't sadness but boredom.
The only strong opinion that I have about myself is that I don't have any opinions.
Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I'd rather not speak.
I am learning the importance of living in the moment.
If you are confident about yourself and wear what you love, you will exude a style of your own.
Everybody is in a hurry to decode you in a certain way, and then they expect you to adhere to their definition. How can they possibly do that when you yourself are finding it hard to discover yourself?
I pray to God every day that he makes me the biggest superstar, but before that, I ask God to make me a good actor. Being a star is hard, but being an actor is even harder. I want to be both before I am done.
Whatever dream you have, be sure that it is going to be happen, and then forget about it. Then you have to come back to the present and be there 100 percent.
My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.
The best thing is to accept the circumstances, not take them personally, deal with them, stop complaining, and give everything your best.
The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can't completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.
My morning starts with some form of exercise, and I give two hours - from 5:30 to 7:30 A.M. - to my personal fitness.
Practical knowledge of what works and what doesn't work is much better. Theoretical knowledge is important, but I think practical knowledge works better.
I've stopped taking myself seriously because now I understand how fickle my thoughts are.
I might not be over-enthusiastic about socialising and making friends, but I am not a loner. I love hanging out with my friends, and I do it often when I am not working. Maybe, since I am not often invited to the 'happening' parties of our industry, where the media is around, I have earned the reputation of being a loner.
I have seen extreme lows because of factors that were not in my hands - be it not having money to buy my first bike, dropping out of a prestigious engineering college without having a single rupee in my bank account, living with seven boys in a single-room kitchen in Mumbai, or eating nothing but khichdi every day. But I cherish all those moments.
I have made a lot of mistakes, but I am proud of them all.
To be able to make statements, you need to be confident about what you think. You need to have a sense of right and wrong.
My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He's the finest actor in Hollywood. I've studied his performances.
I think we are all insecure, and there is nothing wrong in accepting that. But the problem arises when we try to counter this insecurity by cultivating this illusion of control, and we start taking ourselves and everything we know too seriously.
Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.
If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better.
Money was a big differentiator when I was growing up, but I made sure it doesn't stay that way.
I crave for adventure. It makes me feel alive and excited. It's a constant tussle between what you want to do and other parameters that aren't in your hands.
I really wanted to buy a Range Rover. It was a big dream, and the day I bought it, I was very happy, but by evening, I was immune to it. That's when I realized that excitement, if it's happiness, is not in reaching the goal but in the process. Thus process trumps over realization.
If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.
I will continue doing things irrespective of the medium as long as I'm excited about it.
I was the youngest child and the only son. I was expected to shine in academics. It seemed like too big a risk to take up cricket as a career. I thought I had to live up to my family's expectations. So I chose to be an engineer.
A man should definitely own a couple of blue denims, white crew neck T-shirt, a versatile blazer, comfortable pair of boxers, and coloured sneakers.
I realised quite early that by the time I articulate my thoughts into words, I'm on to another thought. And what comes out wasn't what I thought of exactly. So not talking was a better option.
Since I think I am very boring in normal life, I tend to hide behind all these exciting characters, making people believe that I am someone else entirely. That feeling is very powerful.
As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don't.
I have been blessed with strong leg muscles, and dancing really exercises one's legs.
I have four elder sisters, and being the youngest, I was pampered.
It took me 13 months just to prepare for 'M.S. Dhoni'... I started by watching every single video I could find of his, repeatedly. After three months, people who met me started saying that they could see similarities, and I knew I was on the right path.
I am ecstatic that 'KPC' was a commercial hit and was critically acclaimed. The 60 days we shot for it were the best days of my life. I still get goosebumps when I think of them.
There are so many ways to approach a character. You have to figure out the similarities between you and the character, build on them, and at the same time, blur the dissimilarities. Since you do it day in and day out, it becomes a process and a part of you.
I was very excited and interested as a background dancer or as a theatre actor or when I was working on TV, or even on the film which didn't do well, like 'Byomkesh.'
When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.
Things are difficult for outsiders in the industry, and it is very evident, too. It does not mean that insiders have it easy or that it's impossible for outsiders to break in. More often than not, the difference is about how successes and failures are viewed and magnified.
I never think about what people will think when they watch me on screen.
I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.
