I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.
I do only what I like. If we do something we don't like, we will become someone else.
I don't know how to be professional. But I always enjoy what I do.
I will happily sit at home and take care of the house.
I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one at that.
I believe that anyone with a bit of guidance can act.
The only thing my famous last name got me was a foothold in the industry. That was the easy part. The biggest problem is survival. As Fazil's son, I am expected to know everything - acting, dancing, horse riding... I am not trained in all these, and I don't think I ever will be.
I have grown up seeing success and failure.
Roles don't fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.
Failure affects me hard.
People expect star kids to be perfect - horse-riding, fighting.
I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.
I feel that entertainment happens when fact and fiction is balanced.
It doesn't matter to me how I look on screen. What matters to me is how I connect with the audience.
Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.
I am not affected or carried away by success or failure.
My films may not have a great opening, but I am not bothered about it. Whatever the numbers be, I want those viewers who come for my films to be excited about watching the movie.
When I listen to a basic thought, I try to visualise the cinema in it. Sometimes it is dark, sometimes boyish, sometimes amateurish. It is a trial and error method. But the bottom line is that I want to entertain the audience.
I give my best to each role that I do.
People often ask whether marriage has changed me. I didn't marry because I had to change.
I have always maintained that the audience should take a call on this. Its up to them to decide whether they want to see a pirated version or not. They should understand the effort and amount of hard work that go into a film.
I want my films to do the talking. I feel if people have to understand me better, I should do more good films. I just want them to know me through my films.
Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.
When I am with my friends, I am comfortable.
I like to laugh and to make people laugh.
The characters I portray are an extension of what I've seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how I understand life.
What I look for in a project is whether the storyline excites me.
When you are talking about human emotions, stardom doesn't matter.
As an actor, you create a character from your understanding of what you have heard and your observations. Eventually, every film is an extension of the images that I have seen or what I have heard or read somewhere.
People know me through my characters. I don't think they have any idea about the individual that I am. They know I am a director's son, and I am married to an actress.