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.

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

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

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 western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.

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!

As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.