I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.

Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.

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

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 have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.

Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.