Farhan Akhtar

Music was something I had put aside to make movies. Somehow I earlier felt there was only so much creative energy allotted to your life and only that much time to pursue your creativity. But I was wrong. ”

I realised that I enjoyed direction while making 'DCH.' The process of putting a film together and working with the cast and crew felt good. ”

Deewar' has been remade so many times, 'Trishul' has been remade so many times. But 'Don' - no one has gone into this area as often as they have gone into these other movies, and I think it fits into the modern sensibility of movie viewing quite well. ”

It amazes me how much noise there is on a set while people are trying to focus and do their jobs. But there's some kind of order within that chaos. ”

If I don't work out, I lose weight instead of gaining it. ”

It's only when a project or film doesn't work, that you think about what you could have done differently - whether you chose unwisely, or was there something in your application in that role, as an actor, as a director or as a producer, that you could have done better. ”

I am not trained to be a director or an actor. I have learnt everything by watching other people work and studying their work. ”

I think nothing can be taken for granted - be it the fact that you get to work with a certain kind of talent, certain kinds of budgets, or that the audience looks forward to your work. ”

Every time you work with a new co-star, a whole new dynamic emerges. ”

In any case, I am not a great one to make plans for the future. ”