Quotes from Sonu Sood

I have been waiting for a film like 'Maximum.' I have learnt so many things while shooting this film. The entire cast has been a pleasure to work with.

It's challenging to play a real-life character because you know that it existed in the history and you have certain parameters to follow and stay within.

First, you need to write the script, re-work on lots of things. First draft, second draft, once the final script is ready then you visualize which actors fits the role in that the particular script they've written.

I am very shy by nature and I won't even have told people about my birthday, had I not been an actor.

I'd go out with my family and my close ones, who have been by my side through the years, but I am not the one who will throw parties on his birthday.

My mother always says that you are successful only when you are capable of helping somebody. So I feel whatever I could do I could do only with the blessings of my parents.

No matter whom I've worked with, they've always created a great bond with me.

Interestingly, my role in the Tamil and Telegu version of 'Dabaang' is that of a boxer.

It's like my career is divided in phases. There comes a phase when I only do Tollywood movies, back to back, and then there is a phase when I do only Hindi films.

Working with Jackie Chan was one of the most phenomenal experiences. I won't say that he is the most grounded actor, but he is the most grounded human being I have ever seen.

A six pack is not a big deal... You need to work on your entire body and concentrate on other parts too, to get a fab physique.

A great physique and a good performance make for a delicious combination.

My wife and my kids have been my pillars.

I've always believed that it's the film that chooses the actor and not the other way round.

My parents are no more but I am sure they are up there smiling and supporting me.

I've worked with Farah Khan who is a competent woman director, and Farah and I had a great professional equation and we are still best of friends.

I don't really have to switch on and switch off because I enjoy the process of enacting a role on the sets, all those mad hours of shoot and then heading home after work. I don't divide it like normal and abnormal life. For me, the entire process of doing my work and heading home is normal.

I will be playing the role of Pullela Gopichand in the PV Sindhu biopic. It's an honor to be able to portray him on screen.

In my eyes, Twitter is not just about posting pictures of the clothes you wear. It's about connection with people who reach out to you, too.

It is not easy to pull off your shirt, bare your torso and go beyond it. It needs a lot of conviction. You have to be comfortable in your skin.

As a kid, I always thought of being a cop or an army man.

When you play a cop, it's a different feeling altogether.

Four places in the country hold great importance in my life - Punjab, where I was born, Nagpur, where I did my engineering and where my wife is from, Bombay where I work and obviously, Hyderabad, where I learnt the craft of cinema.

I approach every film like it's my debut.