I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.

You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry.

I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.

You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked.

The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.

I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.

Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion.

I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair. And they are like government bonds, they take so long to mature.

Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there.

I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills.

I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film.

Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!

Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can there be anything better than performing without retakes and cuts, in front of people you can see, hearing them breathe in the darkness of the hall?

Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two people imagined, then both the individuals have to be communicative and have to understand and accept the reality.

Everything has a place and time.

Honestly, I'm willing to experiment with far more variety in roles than I'm given. But ultimately, it's the producer's decision. But, I've done a variety of roles - the evil don, the evil husband... I've done villainous roles, supporting roles, etc.

I adore 'The Chipmunks.'

I don't believe in murder.

I have the greatest love for the rituals of organised religion - the sense of community and belonging it can confer to people. But me, I'm more a questioner than a follower; not by whim or fashion, but as a decision painfully arrived at after much, much thought.

I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.

I'm an international actor, but at the same time, I'm also a Bollywood actor, even though most of my career has been abroad. However, I've always kept in touch with Hindi cinema.

I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.

In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.

Love is a beautiful feeling.

Love just happens, you know.

Vamps no longer exist. Stars have taken their roles.

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.

I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.

I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.

I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don't know exactly where I fit in... There's always this kind of nostalgia for a place, a place where you can reckon with yourself.

Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.

Everything can be killed except nostalgia for the kingdom, we carry it in the color of our eyes, in every love affair, in everything that deeply torments and unties and tricks.

I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow.

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.

Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?

Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for ourselves?

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn't wait to leave.

There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome.

I've never returned to the locations. I do remember certain days more clearly than others and certain locations with a sense of nostalgia. Perhaps one day, I'll bring my daughter to see them, if she's interested.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.