I had many doubts while writing my autobiography. I wasn't sure if anyone would be interested to read about my life.
It would be impossible to find an actor to portray Om Puri, so I wouldn't even attempt it.
The film industry does not interest me greatly. The people, I don't mingle with them much. I meet them when I have to.
My dream is to produce a generation of actors who realise what the function of an actor in a movie is supposed to be.
I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved.
I'm not a political person; I'm not an activist. I'm not a guy with strong beliefs about anything. I have nothing to say to the world.
In theatre, there is a unique feeling of everyone working as a team, which you never get in films.
The film industry does not interest me greatly. The people, I don't mingle with them much. I meet them when I have to.
You can't make a film for your personal satisfaction. That is why I detest the cinema of people like Mani Kaul.
The stuff that is done on Broadway is hardly theatre. It is part magic show, part rock concert, and part conjuring things.
I was never turned down because I was a Muslim. I was turned down because I was not right for the part.
It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's an advantage.
People think I am joking when I say my favourite actors are Shammi Kapoor and Dara Singh.
What drew me into being an actor was that I never got cast in the school plays - and it used to kill me.