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There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick.
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I am doing characters that have so many layers. And I am very lucky that I show a lot of variety.
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My job is to work hard and be honest with my character, and that's in my control. I can only try to give my best performance.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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Back in 1993, I was studying in Delhi, and I had a girlfriend. I had never touched a girl before that in my entire life. One day, I decided to go out with her to a garden. We were sitting beside each other, and I just glanced around to see if anyone was looking at us, and I put my hand over hers. I thought love started in this way.
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I have fallen in love so many times. If one relationship ended, I would search for another girl. I was always madly in love with all the girls that I dated.
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I am trying every genre.
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There is nothing called negative character. The negativity and positivity exists in all of us.
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If I am comfortable with my co-star, then that always shows in my performances.
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I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
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At NSD, I had an amazing experience learning everything from stagecraft to western drama and Shakespeare, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekov.
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Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where I spent half my life. And when I return, I spend time in the farms, eating a stalk of sugarcane, driving a tractor, and chilling with childhood friends.
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I decided to be a part of 'Bajrangi'... because I felt that it tells a very relevant story.
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After graduating from National School of Drama, I started doing theatre in Delhi. But there was not much money in Hindi theatre.
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Even though I hated doing farming and wanted to just get out of the village, I would work from 5 in the morning till 5 in the evening.
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Coming from a small town, I didn't have big dreams. My biggest ambition was to find a job for myself.
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One should go to the line through the character. You should see their lifestyle in the way they speak.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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'Ali' is the story of a lower middle-class golfer who becomes a champion. I find the game very interesting and would like to continue playing it regularly after the movie is wrapped up.
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My character in the first instalment of 'GOW' was very shy and reserved. It was completely different from 'Kahaani,' where I played a no-nonsense cop. And in the second instalment of 'GOW,' it is again very different.
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There was electricity in our village only for 2-3 hours a day, so all my life, I studied under a lamp.
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Like the way we get to know about the society of Korea, Iran, and other countries through their films, people will get to know about our country. Our films are a mirror of our society.
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In Mumbai, you have to act in real life, too.
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When someone is looking at me, I feel they are looking at someone standing behind me, not at me.