The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.

As a professional, I cannot afford to be complacent.

Do what you love and love what you do.

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

Having no work would be terrible.

This proves Indians do nothing else but surf the Web.

I like to rate myself as a performer upfront, both in films as well as in television.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Kaizad Gustad is quite crazy, and he has weird ideas, and ‘Boom’ is one such idea. It’s a crazy film by a crazy guy. It’s almost a satire, a black comedy.

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.

The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage.

It’s frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I sign a film based on the story, the role I play, and the maker.

I am not as intelligent as Aamir Khan. I am barely managing to be in front of the camera. There are many people who know marketing well and surely Aamir knows much more than I do.

Dream big, work hard, stay focused.

Never be afraid to try something new.

‘What will people say?’ is a feeling every Indian girl grows up with.

Dearest TV media and vans outside my home, please do not stress and work so hard.

My mother came from a very affluent background, very Westernized, while my father was more Eastern. So I’ve had a very good blend of the East and the West. I guess this has been extremely helpful in making my career and the way I function.

Every setback is a setup for a comeback.

One must take a leap of faith or lose a chance of flying.

I feel a burden if I don’t write.

Everyone must accept that we will age and age is not always flattering.

I like to feel the butterflies in the stomach, I like to go home and have a restless night and wonder how I’m going to be able to accomplish this feat, get jittery. That hunger and those butterflies in the stomach are very essential for all creative people.

Time is the most valuable asset. Spend it wisely.

I have fans across the globe.

Don’t wait for the perfect moment; take the moment and make it perfect.

We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that’s what you seem to have mastered. You’ve used silence to great advantage in the film. It’s brilliant.

Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio – he be soo gorgeous, no wonder all the ladies flockin’ to him – He be Gatsby.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Life is a reflection of your thoughts. Think positively.

When I wrote my first blog, I got one response. Now, I sometimes get as many as 400 responses for my posts.

It’s a war zone, my body, and one which has been through a great deal.

Don’t let anyone make you believe the length of your skirt is a measure of your character.

Change is the only constant in life.

You don’t get time to meet your peers such as Dharmendra and Hema Malini very often. Award functions or other events are the only places you meet them, unless there is an emergency. Then we all come together.

I am looking forward to going to Dubai because it gives us an opportunity to interact with each other. We can sit and enjoy each other’s company. We can go out for a walk without worrying about shooting schedules.

Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do a bit of comedy, dance and singing, action, because all of this forms just one film. In many ways I’d say there are greater demands on Indian actors than there are on Hollywood.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

You are not your mistakes. You are the person who learns from them.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

I was born in fame. I was always recognised and known. Personally, I feel normal about it.

There are many things that I feel I have missed out on.

You don’t see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in your society, I am sure there will be many actors from our part of the world that will be acting in Hollywood films.

To be successful, you have to be willing to fail.

I don’t know how others think about me, but if I have to walk the streets, I will, and if I need to stand in a queue at the airport, that’s OK.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.

People are fed up with seeing the same thing over and over. They want a qualitative change.

Life is a journey, and you need to embrace every moment.

You should always follow your dreams, even if they seem impossible.

I am not conscious of the fact that something special should be done for me.

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.

I went into politics on an emotional level and soon realised that emotion has nothing to do with politics.

You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

I really felt good after working in a film like ‘Piku,’ as many people could relate to my character. I got letters from my fans telling me how my character resembles to their grandparents.

No one is perfect, and criticism is always welcome and expected.

I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

There are many things that I want to do, but I must accept the reality that I am getting older.

I like poems and keep sharing them online.

The best part about being a superstar is that you can wear the most outrageous of clothes and they say ‘it’s in!

Audiences change because life changes. Countries change geographically, climatically, socially and morally. Many things happen, and cinema, in a sense, reflects what’s happening in the world.

The more you work, the more you create your own destiny.

Donate and do not talk about it, they say you do nothing for the society; do and talk about it, they say you seek publicity!

No matter what you do, the world will keep turning. So do what you want.

Life is a blur when one is essaying different roles; it is so fulfilling.

I am a not exactly a gadget freak and have the regular phones. But I keep multiple phones because if there’s a network issue in one, then I can use another one.

I am not aI am not a star, I am a human being. star, I am a human being.

I am a product of my own failures and successes.

Whatever free time I get, I love to catch news and sports shows.

Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges.

‘No’ is an entire sentence in itself. No means no, and when somebody says it, you need to stop.