Sushant Singh Rajput

“Theatre is a must for actors. They should try it at least once. It makes you disciplined, teaches you to respect your work, and boosts your confidence as an actor.”

“Every character that I've chosen has made me evolve as an actor. And I am lucky that my directors have shown so much faith in my abilities.”

“What keeps me going are my learnings, which I would rather call my 'experience,' and my urge to explore.”

“The equation I share with the camera doesn't change whether you place a camera in front of me or a live audience. Just the pay cheques differ. But that doesn't matter to me because I've so much money, I don't even think about it. It's just lying there.”

“Four days a week, I do gymming, four days marital arts. Once a week I normally play lawn tennis, and once a week I horseride.”

“People assume that actors working in films won't have the time to do theatre. But I make sure that whenever I'm free, I watch a play.”

“I am not a private person; you can ask those who hang out with me.”

“I have made a lot of mistakes, but I am proud of them all.”

“TV helped me understand camera angles, close-ups, master shots.”

“Dibakar and Shekhar have the vision that we would associate with European cinema. They leave their actors on their own to give a personal narration on the screen.”

“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.”

“If 'Befikre' was representing the new-age youth of India and romance as what it was claiming, it would have been great irrespective of the box-office numbers. But unfortunately, it didn't do that, and hence, I would not be interested.”

“I was a studious child, heavily into academics. For the longest time, I wouldn't talk.”

“I have four elder sisters, and being the youngest, I was pampered.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I experienced a lot of things while I was working with Dibakar Banerjee.”

“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 remember when the results of the All India Engineering exams came out. I ranked 7th. I even got a scholarship. But it was during the sixth semester of my engineering course that I decided to call it quits and pursue acting seriously.”

“My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He's the finest actor in Hollywood. I've studied his performances.”