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" Before 'Raman Raghav 2.0,' I played a criminal in 'Badlapur.' Though the character was innocent, he was not correctly interpreted by some sections of the audience. "

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" I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to. "

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" I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity. "

" When someone is looking at me, I feel they are looking at someone standing behind me, not at me. "

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" It's very difficult switching over from one character to another. "

" I am trying every genre. "

" The success of 'Kick' will help in the marketing of other small budget independent films I have acted in. "

" I was introduced to cinema by C-grade films that played in my village, Budhana, in UP. Only films by Dada Kondke, Mahendra Sandhu, and Kanti Shah were available. "

" The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film. "

" Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where I spent half my life. And when I return, I spend time in the farms, eating a stalk of sugarcane, driving a tractor, and chilling with childhood friends. "

" My job is to work hard and be honest with my character, and that's in my control. I can only try to give my best performance. "

" I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis. "

" As far as Raman Raghav is concerned, he is ruthless. "

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" There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick. "

" Background scores allow me an absolute flight of the imagination, and I travel in my mind's eye. I do not like the scores to have vocal notes, because they act as a limitation to these flights of fancy. "

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" Behind every easy role, there is a lot of hard work that goes in. "

" I am very confident about my work because I have worked very hard. "

" My character in the first instalment of 'GOW' was very shy and reserved. It was completely different from 'Kahaani,' where I played a no-nonsense cop. And in the second instalment of 'GOW,' it is again very different. "

" I used to clean the sets and serve tea to the artistes. "

" It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit. "

" I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking. "

" Commercial hit films such as 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan,' 'Talaash,' and 'Kick' had big superstars to sell them; that may not have been the case if it were just me. "

" The Indian audience is getting exposed to world cinema and realising the power of unique plots and distinct characters. "

" At first, I was hesitant when it came to giving autographs, thinking that I am not even worth giving one. But slowly I got over that phase. "

" I grew fond of acting rather late. And that was because I was not getting any job. I had a few friends in Delhi who were associated with theater. They took me to see some plays in Delhi and Baroda. That led me to believe the I could also act. And it was after that I joined National School of Drama in 1993. "

" You will never see me dancing around the trees, chasing a heroine; I will never do films, no matter what the budget, for the heck of it. "

" My character should not be ordinary, cliched, and if I feel that it's difficult to do this character, I take up that challenge to get into his character. "

" When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that. "

" I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself. "

" I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable. "

" I am from a family of farmers from Budhana near Muzaffarnagar. "