Quotes from Tiger Shroff

I am like my mom: early to bed and early to rise.

I am a day dreamer. I visualise a lot of things at the same time.

I deliberately try to carry a different perception of myself as opposed to my father's. I respect my dad and his body of work, but I can't give him credit for what I am today. As a person, I give my parents full credit; career-wise, no.

I will benefit from being a part of this industry, but I also want the industry to benefit from me.

I look for roles where I can do justice, show people a side of Bollywood they haven't seen before.

In school, I would run away whenever there was trouble, as I would get bullied a lot.

I don't eat out much. I eat mostly home food and no carbs after 5 P.M. You are what you eat, and Sunday used to be my cheat day, when I could eat chocolate; but there are no cheats to a good body. Now, I don't give in.

I am not an outgoing person. I am a very aloof person who gives a lot to his work. It's very difficult to have a personal life with this kind of mindset.

In my house, my mother is my superhero.

Since childhood, I wanted to become a superhero. When I do anything in real life, I believe that I am a superhero, like in the way I fight, dance, or jump.

Every son's first superhero is his father, and it was the same for me. For me, he was Superman and Batman combined.

My becoming an actor wasn't planned. My interest always lied in sports such as football, martial arts, gymnastics and dance.

When I had decided to become an actor, I did a lot of soul-searching to figure out how I could be different. What could I bring to the table that others or my father couldn't have? That's when I worked on my strong points, namely action and dancing.

It's a very competitive world out there. The competitive spirit is fine within limits. But it shouldn't drown the sheer joy of the game being played. It's natural to want to win. But to me, it's not natural to want others to fail.

Since childhood, I have been a fan of Spider Man because, according to me, he has the maximum humanity; he is very human, very mortal. So he even gets hurt. He has a poor background, but when he wears the costume, he forgets all of that, all the pressures of the society on him.

There are so many talented actors in my contemporaries and my seniors... I seek inspiration from each one of them.

If I have to use a body double, it means I'm not well prepared to do what I have to do.

The best feeling in the world for me is when my parents say they are proud of me; I just want to give them all the happiness that they deserve.

I couldn't ask for better parents. I keep that at the forefront of whatever I do, and every time I feel like I can't take another step, I see their faces, and that drives me.

Whenever I meet children's parents, they complain that the kids don't sleep until they listen to my whistle baja song! My songs have captivated the kids.

Even as a child, I would get film offers, and all my friends would tease me saying, 'You will also be an actor like your father,' or 'Don't forget us.' I always took it as a joke, but subconsciously, I felt maybe this was my true calling.

I think cinema is so visually driven now, and people are so taken in by the glamour, gloss and all things good looking that we don't appreciate the craft as much as we used to in the bygone era.

Hrithik Roshan is my idol both onscreen as well as off screen. I wish that I could become just 50 percent like him.

A lot of people think I'm gay. I have really red lips, so they say I wear lipstick; they say my dance is very feminine, and a lot of people think I look like a girl. But that's fine. I take the criticism positively.