I have been a depressed kid. I wanted to lead a quiet life, never wanted to be an actor.

To live greatly, you have to risk greatly.

Nature, philosophy and social issues are the three things that always occupy my mind. You do not have any power over others but can only change yourself.

If I do not respond to some situation, my conscience kills me. I believe in permissible violence, not necessarily non-violence.

I never wanted to become an actor. I always wanted to be a farmer and dreamt of owning half an acre of agriculture land.

I have always wanted to be a gardener, and I love the time I spend in my garden.

It's destiny that pushed me towards showbiz. I wanted to start off as a technician, but out of compulsion, I became an actor.

Life is bigger than cinema. Cinema is just a part of life, so I never take success or failure seriously.

Politics organizes our lives. We can't disregard it. Politics has lot of muck, lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you have to be away from it. It's ubiquitous.

The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.

I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak - that gives it an existential emphasis.

The best medicine for despair is service.

If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?

When you touch - don't take. Touch people only when you are giving something - reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever

Fischer is the strongest player in the world. In fact, the strongest player who ever lived

Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.

I am so scared of the sea, so what did I do? Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef.