"I am a five-foot six-inch, dark, ordinary-looking man. People didn't imagine that I would make it."

"I would be happy if people just called me an actor."

"I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity."

"I didn't know one has to lift weights to become an actor. I can look stronger though my eyes than my abs."

"I don't believe in the 100 crore club."

"For me, as an actor, there is no commercial or independent or art cinema. For me, it's a character that is given by the director. And it is a task for me that I have to fulfill it to the best of my ability regardless of the kind of film that it is."

"I don't understand what A grade commercial cinema is. If you are talking about box office success, mine are At then!"

"How long will we keep making films where hero-heroine is dancing around trees?"

"I have never thought about creating an image for myself in Bollywood. I am an actor and just want to experiment with roles. I am ready to do all type of roles."

"Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people."

"My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters."