Jackie Shroff

I don't believe watching dreams but like to stick to reality. Reality is all about flood, hunger, illness.

The South is a place for music, dance, and culture.

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.

I celebrate Diwali in a way that spreads happiness to those around me.

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.

I can't stand people who have all the money but do not even bother to help innocent children in any small way they possibly can.

I am what I was before joining films. Nothing has changed, and I hope nothing will ever change. I'll always remain the way I am.

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

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 person like Bhansali who is a great director and has a marvellous sense of classical music.

The lot that I came with is really versatile. We people can blend into any role we get. We are like wine. We grow better with age.

There are no places better than Mahabaleshwar and Khandala to spend one's free time.

I like to chat either at my site or, sometimes, through MSN and ICQ. And even if I do reveal my identity, there are a lot of times when no one believes me.