Quotes from Fawad Khan

My way of deciding whether a film is worth doing is if you can get through it all in the first read.

The pressure is always there to do my best. I feel happy that I have an audience that looks forward to my next project. I have to make sure that I deliver.

I can't even begin to describe what kind of a response 'Humsafar' got. Personally, I feel my other show, 'Zindagi Gulzar Hai,' was better, but it didn't match the success of 'Humsafar.'

I was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus Type 1.

I'm an improvisational actor. I like to do my own thing. But once in a while, I think you should have the self-restraint to let someone else dictate the story.

I am diabetic. So diet control is a pre-given for me.

From the time I've landed in India and wherever I've travelled, I've only experienced politeness and courtesy. There has been no hatred whatsoever. But I strongly feel every country has its formalities and rules that one has to abide by. I believe in respecting that, as it is in the best interests of everyone.

TV needs to be the medium for progress, not degeneration. There needs to be more programming for children. Plays need to become more responsible.

My character has to be alive. It can't be a mere prop, and it has to have a life of its own. I need to have that space to play around and the scope to interact with the people around me. That freedom would give me a lot of margin to improvise with.

I like to discuss my condition publicly because if I, with this disability, am able to fulfill some of my ambitions, so can other diabetics.

If I get into something, I get into it for the pure joy of it.

I have developed my own brand of acting, and fortunately, people like it.

Wherever the wind blows me, I'll go! My eventual goal is to have enough experience to produce something on my own.

It's always a surprise to me when someone comes up to me and appreciates my work. I have a very limited body of work, so I feel very lucky to have gathered such an audience. I'm very thankful to them. I'm extremely grateful to them for showing such love.

I like playing characters in the real world.

I am the kind of person who likes taking one step at a time and raising the bar with each film.

I wanted to do animation, so for lack of available career counselling, took up Bachelor's in Computer Science, but managed to get only C grades.

One must be prepared for some surprises in life - some things will work out your way, some won't. You just have to keep working and do things to the best of your ability.

Whatever appreciation I've got despite the limited work I have done has been great. People have been receptive, and I think it's a privilege to have earned this respect.

Obviously, I'm not a man of steel in that people's words don't affect me. They might hurt me. But I am becoming immune to it as time goes by.

I am not finicky at all regarding my appearance.

I proudly represent Pakistan in India, and I hope that many more actors from there come and work here.

I am an immature person, and I am very lazy, too.

I've grown up watching cinema from around the world, and there are films that have scenes that are far steamier than what we are required to do on screen.