I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old Your days are gone; it is part of life.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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