Vir Das

Time management is the mantra of my life.

I auditioned nine times for 'Delhi Belly,' and it was torturous!

I was only 24 years old when a lady called Sabina Sehgal Saikia - the then 'Delhi Times' editor - asked me to host the 'Times Food Guide Awards,' so it was with The 'Times of India' that my career began in this field.

I am edgy, raw, offensive, vulgar, untruthful, but intelligent. My jokes are always realistic. I do not make fun of children or people who cannot fight back. That is my limitation.

To me, the trick is not how can I make people laugh. It is, how can I make people laugh in a different way.

In 'Delhi Belly,' I was bald; in other movies I always carried a different look.

You realise the responsibility of carrying a film on your shoulders when people are investing money in you and they recognise the hard work you have to put in.

Whether I am on a stage, behind a guitar or in front of a camera, I get paid to misbehave. Fortunately, misbehaviour is something I have unlimited supply of.

I'm a stand-up comedian-turned-actor-turned-vampire at night.

I got 'Delhi Belly' and 'Badmaash Company' because people from the production house had seen my stand-up comic acts in a DVD that was lying in their offices. It's been a weird journey, and I think weird goes with me.

Class I to XII wasn't much help; I was always a mediocre student. But when I pursued higher education and studied economics with theatre or psychology with science fiction, I got a whole new world view.

I love the food, the girls, the sky and everything that is Delhi. I have very fond memories of the Moolchand flyover.