Hrithik Roshan

“When my kids love my work, I feel elated and victorious; it means more to me than an Oscar. And when they are silent, I'm proud that they have a mind and perspective of their own and are courageous enough not to say things just to please me.”

“Life hits you hard. But it takes you three seconds to decide if you are a superhero or not. I am.”

“Fatherhood didn't just happen to me. I am deliberately living it, re-imagining it, and rediscovering it every day. It is as beautiful as I make it, just like anything else in life.”

“I believe if you are not rediscovering yourself and pushing boundaries, then you are not alive.”

“I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and I will continue to tell myself that I can do it, no matter what the odds.”

“I am not a confrontational person. I have never had a fight in my life - neither with a man nor a girl.”

“I can be the best James Bond there is.”

“I have been elevated to such a high status that the fall will be very steep.”

“If a film is good, it will work no matter what.”

“Whatever you are inside, the good and bad will manifest in the outside world. It will come out in some way. It will come out in your work. It will come out in words. It will come out.”

“Love is not blind. Romance is. Romance is the most dangerous thing. Romance is like an illusion. It shows you things, and you hear things that don't exist.”

“Be patient. Patience is the mother of all virtues.”

“I'm so curious about knowing the unknown; it can be scary, but I see it as a game.”

“I make the best Spanish omelettes in the world, but I won't tell you the recipe!”

“When truth is on your side, you don't need support.”

“I don't consider myself a good actor.”

“I have played a mentally challenged person, a quadriplegic - but blind, I realised, is the most difficult because eyes are the most involuntary muscles in our body. Like, our pupils and their dilations are involuntary.”

“If I'm walking down the street, and if a person abuses me, the dignified thing to do is to keep walking, but if that person starts throwing stones into my home and affects the well-being of me and my family, then that silence is no longer strength; that silence becomes weakness.”

“It's not a prerequisite for an actor to be obsessed about his looks. I know there are people who don't look in the mirror at all, and I'm getting there.”

“The world helps you to keep evolving and hope it's for better. You have to rise above all the tragedies in life. You have to grow, and if you stop growing, you are old.”