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.

Our stars are quite notorious. I mean, they don't show up on time. This is, you know, something which is very, very annoying.

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.

Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet her when we would be introduced. But the way we met was funny because I just didn't recognise her!

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.

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.