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

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

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

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.

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