Varun Dhawan

In daily life, I'm not a heavy user anyway, but I'm extra careful online because of the kids who look up to me. That's the fun part of being an actor - that kids like you - because they are very pure and transparent in their likes and dislikes. There's no filter like the ones on Instagram.

My father never raised his voice or his hand on me when I was a kid.

As an actor, overexposure can affect you negatively if you keep repeating yourself. But thankfully, my films are really different from each other.

I am choosing films only to entertain people, but at the same time, if someone is putting their money into my films, I want that person to make money.

Nobody is ready to burn money just because you have a filmi lineage.

I'm not invincible. I am not picture-perfect. The reason I am here is not because of the money; if I get to entertain people and put a smile on their face, I feel content.

The word 'star' is misused. A good film will never fail. And if you have become an actor to become a star, then your reason of being in this profession is wrong. It amounts to abusing the art.

My whole outlook towards women changed after 'Badrinath Ki Dulhania.' I am a boy who is brought up in Mumbai, and I believe I am open-minded. But I realised that there were so many things my mind was not expanded to.

I see a lot of actor-bashing because they are the face of the film. Actors are just following someone else's direction.

I'm alright with people making up stuff about me, but not when there's a woman involved.

For me, the driving force is the audience, and the day that stops, I will stop doing films. The day a part of me stops feeling like putting a smile on someone else's face or if I feel like I don't want to entertain anymore, then I will pack up and leave.

My parents brought me up to be comfortable in one's own body. And I have always been comfortable in my own skin.