Dulquer Salmaan

I have the luxury of balancing and juggling films in different languages. ”

My mum is slightly biased and feels everything I do is wonderful, but Dad was like, 'You should go ahead boldly, and I think you should do more films.' To me, that was some kind of acceptance. ”

For any actor, being part of a Mani Ratnam film is a great experience. I grew up watching his films. ”

I might play characters that are loud in the movies, but in real life, I'm not loud in terms of personality. ”

I didn't want to use my father's name. I don't think I will ever want to use his influence... Never have I gone around asking people, 'Do you know who I am...' Even if it's to cut a line at the airport. ”

I studied business in the U.S. and later worked in Dubai. ”

While I am fluent in Hindi, I was a little worried about my accent. So when I was approached for 'Karwaan,' I told them they need to first listen to me speak in Hindi, in case it sounds off. ”

Duplication never works for anybody. ”

Parava,' in my head, was always a film about children. And I was like, 'If I can be part of the film and help promote it in some way or the other, I'd be very happy.' I also did 'Ann Maria' because it was a story about kids. ”

People working in films are somewhat like gypsies: we move from set to set and spent weeks, sometimes even longer working while shooting a film. Right from the spot boys to the make-up guys and cast and crew, we become a kind of family. ”