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" I don't want to buy a jet plane. I don't want to live with an entourage. "

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" For me, my realism has stood me over 15 years, so the kind of films that I have done has garnered enough respect for me to be able to survive the industry. "

" I am a Tambrahm born and brought up in Jamshedpur 20 years of my life, as my father worked for the Tatas there. My mother was a chief manager in the Bank of India and the only lady manager in Bihar in those times. "

" I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success. "

" If I look like a six-pack replete warrior in 'Tanu Weds Manu,' viewers are not going accept me. "

" If you ask me to get a six-pack in the interim between signing a film, I will not do it. I enjoy food and will be happy to feed myself a pizza or two and gorge on cakes. But, I have good control over my body. "

" Films are my life; I don't think there is anything that I would not do for the sake of the movie. "

" A film star is a film star, and you can't take that away. Hence, I don't think about money when I do films, but I will do it for TV like the way I do it for endorsements. "

" When I go to hotels, sometimes I find waiters and people who do not address me as 'Mr.' or address me as a normal guest would have been addressed, simply because my name is Maddy. I find that slightly offending, but I don't react to it thinking that maybe the name is so casual that people think it's a buddy that you are talking to. "

" Actually, nobody has ever given me an award, and also, it's not really important in my life. I go to these award shows for meeting my friends. "

" Finding one good script is a huge challenge. So I do a film whose script comes and grabs me. Once I finish that, I look forward to the next movie. "

" People of Maharashtra are close to my heart, and this is where I became who I am, and this has been instrumental in my formative years. "

" I told my wife that I want to take a three-year break. She supported me and said, 'Please go ahead.' I am grateful that she supported me. For me, this romance and understanding is very important in our marriage. "

" Oh, I have very limited will power. I wish I could change that. I am working on it, though. I am too easygoing. "

" I eat before I feel hungry. I know that when you order food or shop on an empty stomach, you always tend to over-eat, over-order, or over-shop. So I always eat slightly before I'm famished. "

" My assistants will bear testimony to the fact that I am a very angry man. "

" I've always believed that the script is the boss. "

" I might sound audacious, but the Mahatma has been a great inspiration. He had the conviction to live with his beliefs in the face of total disbelief. "

" My favourite food is definitely paani puri. "

" Being a parent, it is heartening to see your child wake up every day at 5:45 in the morning to pursue his passion and then manage school as well. "

" When I listen to scripts, I never ask who my co-star is - instead, I ask about the characters and the producers of the particular venture. "

" There's no one beating Mr. Bachchan when it comes to acting. He is outstanding. He is a phenomenal actor and a thorough gentleman. His natural skills at acting just bowled me over, and I've become an even bigger fan of his after working with him. "

" It is a privilege that women fancy me, but I cannot sustain the chocolate boy image forever. I don't want to end up being known, like the late veteran Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan was, as the king of romance. "

" I have always acted in films where women have an equal, if not bigger, role than mine. Don't the kind of films you do reflect your personality? "

" People have this misconception that people with six-pack abs can deliver hits, but that's not the case. Had I built six-pack abs for 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns,' I wouldn't have been able to justify myself. "

" I struggle on many fronts on having to move to a different level, having to cater to constantly evolving audiences. "

" If anybody accuses me of being rich, I give it back to them because I had a poor economical background. I worked my way up, and I am an exemplary citizen, and I always do what is good for my nation. "

" I studied B.Sc electronics to be an engineer and later did masters in communication and advertising. I loved engineering for what it could accomplish to make our lives easier. But, I realised that it was not my passion. "

" I am a south Indian, so I speak Tamil. "

" I've realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning. "

" I can think of doing TV shows if the money is good. "