"There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection."
"The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles."
"I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets."
"Not all roles you do can be chocolate sweet."
"Theatre is done largely for the love of the craft. Television makes you famous. And films immortalize you. That's the relationship between the three."
"I am essentially someone who comes from the theatre. I love the theatre. Unfortunately, theatre doesn't pay the bills. Only in theatre abroad, I get a wage."
"My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony."
"When Rakesh Roshan called me for 'Khoon Bhari Maang,' it was supposed to be a six month shoot, but I ended up staying for four years doing 12 films."
"We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors."
"Whether people choose to have same sex relationships or relationships outside the marriage - whatever happens between two consenting adults should be purely their business, not the state's or the society's."
"Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two people imagined, then both the individuals have to be communicative and have to understand and accept the reality."
"I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet."
