Zayed Khan

“At the end of the day, it's just about what makes you happy. While we are very quick to judge, a lot of people talk the talk but don't walk the walk.”

“I tell my wife that she doesn't need a baby since she has me to look after.”

“If a child has tumour and I think it's genuine, I'll fund the operation. My mom thinks I'm wasting money. Even my wife thinks I'm foolishly generous. But I think it's important to give back.”

“I have known Hrithik since I was 10. When you know people for that long, you know them from within.”

“You need to understand that for television, you need to be on your toes constantly. There are so many episodes.”

“People expect a lot of things, they ask me why don't you do single hero movies. Honestly, I don't know what to say? No director of the calibre of making a good single hero is coming to me with that kind of offer.”

“I guess people have their own ways of getting your performance out. Some push you against the wall to see your true colours, some people just let you go.”

“When you do films that don't justify your role, work or talent for one reason or another, you tend to get labelled.”

“I never imagined I would slap Anil Kapoor. For me, Anil is like an elder brother and is very experienced. On a personal level, I felt insulted for having slapped him. But that's what acting is all about.”

“I think at the end of the day, the way my father looks at it is if the script is solid, if it is going to be shot well... I think all these boxes were ticked with flying colours by him for Haasil.'”

“It's all about constantly pursuing, constantly being perseverent, and never letting anybody tell you NO is the finality of everything.”

“If you have a good script and you have proved yourself in the market, then nobody will have hassles working with you, including Hrithik.”

“Movies made back in the day would have a single scene that defined what the character was all about.”

“The film should be the star.”

“People must take risks, they have to. That is the only way to show that we can't be governed by a set of rules like 'these people like this much, this time to this time these people watch this.'”

“A film's fate is not in my hands but at least I should be proud of it.”

“I don't think I worked with wrong directors.”

“If I didn't believe I'm the best, then I'm in the wrong business.”

“Our ozone layer is being depleted and CFC gases are being let out into the atmosphere.”

“I want to make movies that touch peoples' hearts.”