A biography for Johnny Leverhasn’t been written yet.
“Television is serious business. It's a lot of hard work.”
“When you're on a battlefield, you should know how to fight your way to victory, and you've to be very well-prepared for it. You've to be ever ready like the fire-fighters. The moment you get a call, you have to reach wherever you are required.”
“Johnny Walker and I were very close. My house is just next to his, we were neighbours. Some time back, he came to my place with his children and we spent some lovely moments together.”
“Even a child will not listen to a faltu joke anymore.”
“The level of comic performance has certainly gone down over the years.”
“I was always taught to do something to have an identity of your own. Forget your mom, dad, brother, sister, regardless of how big they are, you should do things by yourself, even if it means selling clothes or pens on the road.”
“I do a lot of social service and I don't boast about it. I believe that if you give with one hand, the other hand shouldn't know of it. I don't believe in cheap publicity.”
“Even as a child I used to mimic veteran film actors of the time.”
“I am a very sensitive person, I cannot bear to be rude to others.”
“I believe in God, but I also believe that God is one.”
“We lived in a slum area in the suburbs of Mumbai.”
“My son had a tumour on his neck. We went for surgery but it failed because the tumour was difficult to remove. Later, we went to New York for his surgery. I was scared as his first operation had failed. I went to church and met a pastor. He told me to go ahead, God would take care of everything. And the surgery was successful.”
“A person who is a comedian does comedy in real life, too. But then there are others, too, who are very good in real life, but can't perform in front of the camera. They get nervous. Nevertheless, an inborn comedian does comedy whether he is in films or not.”
“Most filmmakers, who offer me roles say 'Johnny bhai, come on the sets and do what you feel like.' That isn't the way I like to work.”