The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

I became a professional cricket teacher about 20 years ago. I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, he needs someone to bowl to him.

I put steam on the table by being an actor. That is how I live. The longer I live, the more expensive it becomes. So I do my work. And I can't be immensely picky. How many beautiful scripts come in one's lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.

Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defence tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace are truly amazing. I'd like to meet the chap sometime and take my hat off to him.

You talk about auteur de cinema having things in their heads and putting them all across, can you imagine Shakespeare writing screenplays?