Born on February 5th

"A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy."

"Indian weddings are elaborate. As a culture, we like to celebrate everything... Our weddings go on for sometimes a week, 10 days."

"If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right."

"I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats."

"Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan."

"I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that."

"The best gift for an actor is the love of the fans. Many make sweet cards, write letters and even come and meet me wherever I am in India. The love and blessings of your elders is also always cherished, but the extra mile that the fans go to is memorable."

"I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that."

"Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them."

"I like working on my birthday, so I always do."

"I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community."

"Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving."

"I've always basically done everything that's been offered to me. I'm one of the few actors who enjoy working a lot."

"I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films."

"In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very seldom do you get a film where you can walk away from your image."

"There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars."

"The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has."

"The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18."

"A successful film is a good film, and a non-successful film is a bad film. It's as simple as that."

"You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment."

"Anybody who has interacted with me will definitely find me to be a chirpy person."

"Every film for every actor is a make-or-break film. I believe every film has the power to break you or make you. So, an actor will treat every film like his last film. That's the way we need to work, and that's the way you can drum up that passion needed to do good work."

"Critics have a job to do. They do not criticise you without reason."

"I feel that one of the hardest things in acting is the way you need to switch your emotions."

"Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets."

"My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life."

"Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different."

"I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones."

"My daughter is not an object to flash around or a prized item to put on display."

"There are no free lunches in life. You have to earn it. I am paying my dues. People have accused me of having it easy because I am Amitabh Bachchan's son. Yes, I am his son, and I've never run away from it. I work hard to make him proud."