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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An outsider can see some things much better.

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.

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.

What was the point of even having a conversation when words couldn't be trusted?

To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

In great humility, we find our strength.

It's risky most of the time, but its better to listen to your heart.

It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!

When the body has too much to deal with, it stops being able to get rid of its waste efficiently and requires more support to help it fight off what is attacking it.

I don;t think there's anything wrong with being a dreamer. There is not. But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.

Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn't mean I'm anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.

I saw a sign: "Rest Area 25 Miles". That's pretty big. Some people must be really tired.

The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion.