Quotes from Dino Morea

I love my couch.

You just keep yourself updated, stay connected and do your networking well enough to stay relevant.

Love is a feeling that can't be defined; you feel it in your heart. It is a special bond.

I have great friends in film industry but professionalism and friendship are two different cups of tea.

Mornings are for tea, and evenings for coffee.

What I earned in my previous years as an actor, I knew I had to invest smart to stay afloat. I was investing in a couple of businesses, some of them did decently well, some of them didn't.

Modelling, initially, is interesting. I think acting is a long process and it is far more interesting a job. In acting you play a particular character for a particularly long time, shedding your inhibitions, being out there and doing what you want.

Ultimately, Bollywood producers only think of one thing: Who is saleable.

I have divided my week among my various businesses. So that way, I am able to concentrate on all of them as well as my film work.

As an actor, I will work - whether it is in a Malayalam, Telugu or any film.

I made mistakes like working with producers who did not complete their film, producers who did not market their films well and those who were frightened to spend money on promoting a film.

It's not as if I've have done really awful films. It's just that my films haven't clicked at the box-office which doesn't make me a lousy actor.

I did cameos in 'Karzzz' and 'Heroes' and I wanted people to write about it. But the press finds other things in my life more interesting.

I am a fitness enthusiast since childhood.

There are times when I get a role that someone else didn't. And there are instances when someone came from nowhere and is new to the industry, beat me to a role. The director and producer know who they want to work with. Who am I to stop them from doing that?

I don't differentiate between mediums and I feel if your web show is interesting and people love it, then it reaches out to a wide number of people all over the world.

I went to an acting school in Delhi after doing 15 films as a hero! I went there because I wanted to know what they teach in acting school since I had not done any formal training. I learnt a lot.

I'm just very friendly by nature. And even when I'm having lunch with a friend, it's misconstrued as a romantic liaison.

I met Nikkhil Advani some time back and expressed my willingness to work with him. And then, he came back to me with the role of Shaybani Khan in 'The Empire.' I felt it's an opportunity that cannot be missed and could give me a new lease of life. I grabbed it with all my might and just could not let it go.

My small jobs were basically... cut a ribbon somewhere or fly to be a judge in some pageant in Darjeeling. It was those small kinds of jobs which sort of kept me going and I am thankful for people to even notice me.

I want to do good action flicks and romantic comedies from now on.

I want to do good work in cinemas and on OTT.

I love Bengali films especially Satyajit Ray.

I really take good care of myself and I am fit. Fortunately, I think I am aging gracefully. And I am happy with the way I am.