“An outsider can see some things much better.”

“But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles.”

“Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire.”

“I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.”

“I ran away from my house when I was about 12 years old to audition for a film.”

“If you make a feelgood film which is complete candyfloss, where everybody is good and everything is beautiful and hunky dory, it won't appeal to the audience.”

“In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.”

“India has the purity, the innocence. India knows what it wants. There is a direction. It has so much to offer.”

“Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing.”

“Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.”

“There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future.”