Quotes from Jackie Shroff

I never thought I would become an actor. When I started out, I never thought I would come so far. Acting was not my passion. When I experienced the highs of being an actor, I started liking it, and it gradually became my passion.

Tiger is a sincere and hard working actor. I have always found him passionate about his work. He is not the kind to believe in taking short-cuts to success.

When I go out, a lot of people and their tiny tots call me Tiger Shroff's daddy.

No one should tolerate indecent behaviour; it's an absolute no.

Rituparno is a very simple director. I have never seen Ritu shouting at anyone. The whole atmosphere on his sets is so relaxed that you don't feel that you are working.

If you ever ask me what my all-time dream character is, my answer will be Mia Tansen, the great composer-musician in Hindustani classical music. And ideally, the film should be directed by a person like Bhansali who is a great director and has a marvellous sense of classical music.

I don't believe watching dreams but like to stick to reality. Reality is all about flood, hunger, illness.

I can't stand people who have all the money but do not even bother to help innocent children in any small way they possibly can.

I work instinctively. If I like something, I do it.

I like to chat either at my site or, sometimes, through MSN and ICQ. And even if I do reveal my identity, there are a lot of times when no one believes me.

Believe it or not, I always found intimate scenes hard to do.

What's there in a name! Some people call me Jai, while others call me Jaggu, Kishan, Jackie, or Bhidu.

I am what I was before joining films. Nothing has changed, and I hope nothing will ever change. I'll always remain the way I am.

K. Thiagarajan is a painfully shy young man. But he is the human personification of the idiom 'Still waters run deep.'

Youngsters should go to the hills and the seaside once in a while.

Documentary is reality. It shows the truth.

Working with Subhash Ghai is always a different experience. Subhashji is my mentor. I'm always glad to work with him.

My father was a Gujarati and my mom Turkish.

I went to a hotel to become a chef and then tried becoming a flight attendant, but no one took me. I then worked in a travel agency and got into advertising and modelling after someone spotted me. So I started doing ads. I did 'Charminar' ad, because of which I got two films.

It is not a lead part, but you could definitely say that 'Devdas' wouldn't move forward if it wasn't for me.

I've got more than half of Mumbai addicted to the Internet.

It's easy to say that he/she is a star kid and has had it easy in Bollywood, but being a star kid is the real pressure. You have to undergo a lot of pressure, as you are being constantly compared to your parents.

I celebrate Diwali in a way that spreads happiness to those around me.

I want to pursue farming, and what better place to do it than at a hill station, which has a cool climate almost through the year.