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1. I am a citizen of the planet and I want to do films that appeal to people, not communities.
2. I am trying to be true to the work that I want to do and be allowed to make the choices that I want to make.
3. Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.
4. I feel my advantage of coming from a film family is — having seen fame up close, having seen the industry so close and how it works, I was not enamored by fame.
5. I would never enter politics, but I will go out and vote.
6. Tamil for me is my cousin Esha. I even told her that I was preparing to play a Tamilian and asked her if she could teach me the language.
7. The kind of stories I like often comes from debutant directors.
8. The reaction to ‘Dev D’ success wasn’t a balanced one from my end. I ran away! I should have stayed around and seen how I could balance things. But I wasn’t capable of that.
9. I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.
10. I did get a reputation for being choosy and not very easy to be approached, and none of that is true. It is not that I am not approachable, it is just that I am trying to find myself and establish who I am as an artist.
11. Acting is more creative and liberating than production.
12. I really want to do a film with my uncle and my cousins. I’m sure it will be really interesting to work with them.
13. I was always looking for relatability, because I am not someone cut out for larger than life roles.
14. It was really good working with Paresh Rawal. I was nervous at first because he is such a big star and I love his performances, but the initial nervousness went away once I got to know him. He is a very simple and hardworking man.
15. It’s not that I don’t want to do different films. The non-mainstream stuff that I did started to get successful… But for an industry which runs essentially on money, they do put you in a box.
16. Love has no nationality for me. I have a preference for dark skin but that’s just superficial.
17. I choose my films carefully. I have done movies that are sensitive, which deal with some issue and are a mirror of society.
18. I am not anti-marriage.
19. The thing about action films is that they are high on drama in terms of action sequences, have songs and other things, but content is secondary.
20. I have cheated. But I don’t regret it because we were not serious. I wouldn’t have ever done it if I were serious about the girl.