Jackie Shroff

“I went to a hotel to become a chef and then tried becoming a flight attendant, but no one took me. I then worked in a travel agency and got into advertising and modelling after someone spott...”

“After doing the Bengali 'Antar Mahal,' I felt I should work with all Indian languages.”

“I've done a host of Tamil and Telugu films, a Bengali one, too.”

“My father was a journalist. He used to write for 'Blitz' tabloid.”

“I have never been choosy throughout my career.”

“What I treasure the most is people coming up to me in the elevator and saying, 'You really did a great job': neighbours who congratulate for a job well done or little fans who hug me and say...”

“One must eat fruit and drink water before meals rather than after eating. Water dilutes digestion, and that's not a good thing for the body.”

“If you ever ask me what my all-time dream character is, my answer will be Mia Tansen, the great composer-musician in Hindustani classical music. And ideally, the film should be directed by a...”

“K. Thiagarajan is a painfully shy young man. But he is the human personification of the idiom 'Still waters run deep.'”

“No one should tolerate indecent behaviour; it's an absolute no.”

“I keep surprising myself with films like 'Mission Kashmir,' 'Albela,' 'Farz,' and 'Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai.' All the roles are very different.”

“I don't know myself why directors are offering me negative roles, although I did 'Yaddein' after 'Mission Kashmir' in which I played a very positive character, but people don't remember that...”

“There are many similarities between Sai Baba and me. He believed there is only one God, and so do I. He loved Sufi music; so do I.”