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“Theatre gives you wings as an actor.”
“There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.”
“Love can never make you weak, and love is not restricted to opposite sex. I love my parents, I love my animals, and I love my profession.”
“I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.”
“In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.”
“A few years ago, when I had no work and started believing that films weren't a viable career, I thought of finding another job. I started training and riding horses and got consumed by that. It was a boon in disguise.”
“Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.”
“Horses are in our DNA. We used them way before cars for commuting.”
“The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero's role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel the weaknesses of a character make them more alive, relatable, and human.”
“There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.”
“Knowledge is power. You can't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.”
“For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.”
“I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.”
“None of us can claim to be fair and square in love - and I'm definitely not a hypocrite! Humans are built to evolve with time. It depends on the nature of the relationship you share with a person. It is there today, tomorrow it may be gone; c'est la vie.”
“I feel very meditative when I ride. A horse does not know whether my movie is a hit or a flop or what is happening in my relationship.”
“Love is a strange emotion. It is ever evolving. Lust is transient. With time, one realizes that love and togetherness are two different things. Very few people are lucky enough to experience the two emotions simultaneously.”
“I would really love to work with Clint Eastwood.”
“I don't have a set image. In fact, I would be curious to know how someone slots me.”
“If someone explains me the definition of love, I will give my life to the person. Love is a thing which is difficult to understand. Love is always evolving.”
“You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.”