'When the mill strike started, there was crisis in every mill worker household.''One entire generation went without education.''Hunger forced them to take to crime.'

'I went to a school in Baroda, where if the boys harassed us, the teachers pulled the girls aside and said, "Oh, your skirts are too short".' 'They made us feel ashamed of having any sexual feelings or having bodies that were growing up to be a young women.'

'Coming out of a burning building with a machine gun in your hand, that is badass because you don't get to do that in real life.'

'There was this music director who approached me for a song. He called me to his house for practice.''I took my mother with me and I felt he did not like that.''It took me a while to gauge his intentions.''That really scarred me.'

'She got really close, and I was like, oh Miss Universe and me dancing!'

'Usually, we are always worried that we are missing out something in life.''We are very keen for the audience to have this as a cinema experience in theatres.''You get the rare chance to be patient.'

'I remember that when I was about seven years old, a doctor saw me and told my family that I would only survive for six months and that the disease had no cure. But my mother never gave up. She would always say, 'My son is born to become a renowned wrestler'.'

'I have trained Ravish Kumar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan...''But if I approach somebody for work, I never get it.'

'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.'

'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.'

'We need to understand and respect wildlife behaviour.'

'Television actors are people who play with fire.'

'The fact that I got noticed in a film that stars Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone is a big high for me.'

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'

'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?'

'Every actor's journey is unique.''It's beautiful but also terrifying because you have to carve your own path.''So if there's somebody to talk it through, it's nice.'

'One day, just like that, without even saying goodbye, he was gone.'

'I am a very greedy actor. I want to explore everything.'

'He did some great work and people remember him from so many things, but he should have got some stronger parts.'

'I was very keen to make another film and I was dying to say action and cut and get back into creating characters and creating worlds.''But I just didn't have a script I was happy with.''I was working every day on the writing and I was struggling with that.'

'Life had its own plans and now I have learnt to go with the flow.'

'When one is low, all you can do is buckle up and get up and prepare for the next challenge.'

'I will never look down upon television. But do I want to do it again? I don't think so.'

'I was emotional when the decision took place on August 5, 2019.''I made the film with clear intentions of projecting the truth.'

'There must have been some wonderful genetic disorder due to which I was attracted towards filmi songs.'

'Bahut mazaa aaya tha doing Agneepath. When you are working with good actors, it enriches your acting.''Amitabhji and I had done Shahenshah before, but that was a fun film.'

'Everybody has their bit of struggles and learnings. It will only end when you stop breathing.'

'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.'

'On the set, Ranveer and I got along really well. Ten days after the release, Ranveer messaged me and said, you have killed the scene! For someone like him to message me just says how supportive person he is of newcomers.'

'The government wants to ban surrogacy and take away women's fundamental right to do what she wants with her body.'

'I never had any nakhras, never threw tantrums, so I got along with all my heroes.'

'I am a spontaneous actor. I follow what works for the character.'

'When you are new, you don't know how the industry works'. 'But when you know where you are headed, the possibilities of being conned or facing unpleasant instances is reduced.'

'India has the largest slate of local original content outside the US.'

'I have two sisters. One is 13 and the other is 17.' 'For them, their father is the director of Shahid, Omerta, Simran, Scam 1992 and Scoop.' 'For me, my father is the director of Jayate, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, Chhal, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai, three unreleased films and Woodstock Villa.''No one has seen these films.'

'Pandi was promised something, that is not happening, so his anger is not of a villain's.' 'That's how all normal humans would react, or they stay silent.''Our violence is our silence. So in this world, everybody is innocent.'

'I have been trying to make a movie for seven years. I got a chance only now.''I have taken my script to every office from Dharma to Tips to Eros.''I have narrated my script to every actor possible. Nobody believed me.''Because of OTT, people like me are finally getting a chance to make something.'

'When I am doing a film, that film is not propaganda for me. That's a true thing.'

'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.'

'One told me there that she had been abused by her father when she was nine years old. The other when she was 12.''In all these years, they had not been able to confide about it to their mothers or even their husbands.'

'Padmini and I are very different people.''Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.'

'I am a straight 3.0 version!'

'In India, I'm able to work with the biggest stars on creating a scene, creating that emotion, without being too hung up on their persona.'

'My tool is the way I look. This is the only thing that distinguishes me.''Most of us dress similarly. What sets you apart is your face. If you change that also, you're like anybody else.'

'I received many threatening calls and letters.''A fatwa was issued against me.'

'There have been and will continue to be, so many captivating stories in colonial India.''Obviously, most of the white people were British, so if I am going to take on a role in a film set in one of the most turbulent periods of Indian history, then it only stands to reason that my character would be of British descent.''But that doesn't mean all my roles are negative.'

'Laapataa Ladies opened a lot of doors for me.''I have gotten so much love from audiences and seniors in the industry that it's overwhelming.''I get calls from superstars. I'm holding my heart and it's like, "Oh my God, they are calling me? I am their fan and they love my work!"'

'Personal reasons required me to take some time off.'

'What happened to Raj and Simran after running away on the train at the end of DDLJ 20 years later? Have they become flatmates instead of lovers? What happens when the initial chemistry has worn off and love becomes a habit? This has always fascinated me.'

'When you walk on to a Sanjay Leela Bhansali set, it is complete surrender. You have to become a sponge.'