Quotes from Ali Fazal

Theatre is like an actor's nectar, like how cinema is a director's medium.

I return to the stage time and again to see if I am worth anything.

Scripts and directors make great actors, not the other way around.

We have to keep pace with changing times.

Maybe one day, I will go to Pakistan and meet these fans who like me and my work. At the end of the day, we are all the same, and meeting my fans there is something that I have on my mind.

I have a great connect with the city, and I know the streets of Pune by heart. As a college student, I came down to visit friends. It is a great place to chill and hang out.

The cast of 'Fukrey' will remain the same in the sequel. But the story is more of a fresh one.

I want to settle down.

It was great working with Paul Walker and Vin Diesel.

I am very impulsive when it comes to experimenting with my looks and love playing with ideas by involving people from all walks of life.

I love the kind of work I am bringing to the table.

I didn't know I had a fan base on the other side of the border. I thought that since actor Ali Zafar is from Pakistan, the fans might have mistaken me for him. Eventually, I realised that they have liked my work, and that feeling sunk in.

I think it's fun to own a wardrobe and have loads of clothes.

I don't believe that you can learn acting in a classroom.

Cinema has evolved, and it is high time we stop policing it so rigorously.

My first preference is Bollywood and will always be.

I have looked up to Emraan Hashmi from day one.

Robert De Niro... I had a chance to meet him, and I hope to get to work with him one day.

I am a diehard romantic, and I shamelessly accept that. I love writing letters.

We were always a middle-class family who took pride in our little set-up.

I am not going to disconnect from Bollywood or sacrifice my career in the industry for international projects. Everything began here, and I respect that.

Now, there doesn't have to necessarily be a white man in the lead role. That's the way forward. That's diversity. It's cool if an Indian is playing the lead role in a Hollywood project, and we should be proud of this.

I am the first one in my family to become a part of Bollywood.

A film can reach only the places which the distributor has promised you. Several films are not released internationally, and Web has that wide reach.