Quotes from Ishaan Khatter

I want to be a part of films that elate me and resonate with me.

There was a time when I would sit with my books and immediately put them away. I'm not dyslexic, but I was like that child in 'Taare Zameen Par.' Coincidentally, the character's name was also Ishaan.

I enjoy Instagram because it is a visual medium platform, with more photographs.

I'm proud of my middle-class background because that's how I've grown up. I have my values and sensibilities.

I was very young when my parents separated, and later, my mother remarried.

Shahid is a paternal figure to me. He's almost like a teacher. All my life, I've learned so much by watching him. I can't possibly consider him as competition to me. In fact, I would say, we're a team.

I have always had open conversations with Shahid. He would discuss what he felt as a performer, and I would talk to him about his performances.

When I was 16, I watched a lot of world cinema. I borrowed a lot of my personality from cinema. It has been one of my biggest teachers.

I used to think Janhvi was a quiet girl, but she is a big bully.

I feel fame shouldn't necessarily get me going, but I understand it is part of the job. Sometimes, it is inconvenient and unnecessarily imposing in your personal life.

I like to mix it up, so I do Parkour, play football, dance... I am a dancer, essentially.

I feel I have learnt a lot on the sets of 'Beyond The Clouds,' and it will be a life-long learning for me.

My mother is my best friend and my biggest critic.

Both my brother and mother are actors and dancers. Of course my mom, who is a Kathak exponent, is the most established dancer amongst the three of us.

I managed to make my debut with my favourite, Majid Majidi, whereas 'Dhadak' is giving me a huge mass exposure.

Our family is in love with this profession, and I am really fortunate that I have got an opportunity to prove myself and to do what I love to do... My effort will be to put my heart and soul in my work, and I will try to make not only my family but the entire country happy with my work.

The reason why I wanted to be an actor was to understand different people and cultures.

I feel that when it comes to acting, Shahid and I approach roles differently.

I am extremely eclectic in choosing my films as an audience, and as a direct result of that, I love exploring, I love cinema, and I love learning from different experiences.

What I've seen and learnt from life is that when you give it your best, when you're in it at 100 percent, and you give it your blood, sweat and tears, something beautiful will come out of it.

Actors can become technically sound, but honesty always translates, even if you are not doing a lot of things on camera.

I'm not a method actor because it refers to a certain kind or technique of acting that I have studied about, and I know I'm not one of them.

I don't think I can live a life of compromise. If I did, I wouldn't be able to sleep properly.

If you go to Udaipur, even the locals from the lower middle class have a certain air about them. They are very proud of their heritage and history.