It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.

I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.

I was very shy and very reserved as a child, very, very introvert.

Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.

I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.