Quotes

I don't want to do only one film a year; I want to work more.

I'm not going to do a film unless there's something in it to excite me.

I've always been a quiet person.

I can't do a film just for the sake of it.

Daawat-E-Ishq' did not do as well as we expected, so yes, when a film doesn't do as well as you wanted it to, it hurts, especially after you have put your sweat and blood on it.

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a business. You want everyone to make money.

I'd love to do comedy.

I'm a city boy, born and brought up in Mumbai. I talk fast, have a certain sense of humour, and have grown up watching Jackie Chan movies.

I went on a diet after 'Daawat-e-Ishq.' It was tough to resist eating because we were in Lucknow and Hyderabad, and the food over there is amazing.

I am not a cook at all. It wasn't difficult to play a chef because it was not about knowing recipes. I just had to look comfortable in the kitchen.

Both my parents are wonderful cooks - my father looks like he has been in the kitchen his whole life.

Habib Faisal is a wonderful director.

I love all kinds of genres. I watch all kinds of movies.

I would love to do an action film.

Sometimes, I sit with my guitar and start playing... something or the other pops into my head... Basically, I write whatever that comes to my mind. I've written a lot of songs, but they are lying in my cupboard... I mean to do something about them someday.

Sure, it can happen that the director sees you in a particular genre, and they like your work in that genre; they tend to think that you can only do well in that genre.

People have been writing songs and poems since the time we had brains.

I didn't like the idea of acting back in school. Both my brothers were into it.

My mom was working through my childhood, so I would be running around Mumbai from one dance class to another with my mom carrying the tape recorder with me. I would sit on the sidelines and watch her teach dance.

What normally we see is the finished product, someone's performance on screen, but behind the scenes, a lot goes into it.

When I was young, in my early films, the freshness, and the raw element in my presence on-screen was coming from my youth, and that naturally goes away with time. But the challenge of an actor is to retain the wonder and innocence alive.

When you work for long, you know things about your craft, but how differently you are going to project it so that it can still look new is what I am constantly trying.

I am happy that, post-'Aashiqui 2,' I am getting opportunities to work with big names.

As an actor, I feel one should use his look to trick people.

Before signing 'Dawat-E-Ishq,' I came across few more offers, but none of them interested me. This film has a soul, and I went for it.