Quotes from Jim Sarbh

For me, India symbolises a big fire and a big river.

I don't believe in the separation between mankind and nature. Mankind is nature.

I appreciate being known as 'best character' rather than as the 'best bad guy.'

My father was the captain of a cargo ship. When I was about two years old, we used to sail with him. The crew of his ship would dress me up in fancy dress and make me dance for them. I was a performing monkey!

I trekked in the Himalayas, walked up to the Gangotri, and lived in an ashram.

I am a little bored of playing negative characters.

What I play on screen doesn't bother me.

It's harder to scream at someone you just chatted with at lunch. I mean, if you're a superb actor, you might be able to do that, but I couldn't do it.

In 'Raabta' I've two personalities to project, and yes, there are distinct shades of grey.

I try to conserve water and avoid plastic as much as I can.

It's nice to get compliments from both girls and guys.

Discovery Channel's 'Planet Healers' will provide a look into how businesses can exist for more than just making profits, how they can help create a better and sustainable future.

I am not a major jet-setter; I am a simple man who likes to be on a good beach, have a little swim, and play beach football.

If you are being interviewed, just be polite, have fun.

One must say no to some opportunities to open the possibilities of others.

'Absolute Water' converts sewage water into water which can be even consumed - if only one can get rid of the taboo of drinking sewage water, which they do in many parts of the world!

Any actor who says that they don't want the attention, and that they're tired of all the interviews and photoshoots, are just pretending.

It is important for an actor to play different roles.

I would love to work with anybody who has a good story to tell - Patrick Graham, Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, Neeraj Ghaywan, Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson. I don't know why I was not considered for that Indian guy's part in 'The Grand Budapest Hotel.'

The Rotterdam Film Festival really makes you feel like part of a film family.

In 'Padmaavat,' you are pushed to be as good as the frame, to have a presence that lives up to the grand, operatic, intricate, beautiful frame that you inhabit. I love trying to rise to that.

It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit, and I went to an ashram in Bihar and went to Himalayas backpacking.

I like going with the flow.

Ranveer is a great co-actor. He is extremely reactive and extremely responsive. He is a pleasure to work with.