When we are growing up, we all have our dreams - and for me, I idolised the men of the Indian army, navy, air force.

Critics can get you critical acclaim - nothing more than that. Success or failure depends on the public.

When I started my career as an actor, I had no guidance from anyone.

You see, I believe a producer's job today is as important as that of a director.

As a father and now a grandfather to three wonderful grandchildren, I know how magical the first year of a child's life is but also how much hard work it takes. Being able to spend as much time as possible with your loved ones is absolutely vital, especially early on.

I think it's quite common for actors to almost rely on their characters to exercise parts of themselves in their regular life they don't tend to explore so much.

We can start with housing, the sturdiest of footholds for economic mobility. A national affordable housing program would be an anti-poverty effort, human capital investment, community improvement plan, and public health initiative all rolled into one.

Politics was never in our blood and in our family... I will never return to it.