Quotes from Randeep Hooda

In all of us, there is a struggle between the good and the bad. It makes it more palpable and real to play such people as an actor.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

As human beings, we are all flawed. And just like there is a good side, there is also a bad side waiting to find its way out.

I find solace in animals. I have got a stray dog at home called Candy. I picked it up while I was waiting at the airport one day. I always wanted to have a 'macho' dog but got this sweet little thing instead.

I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.

Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.

I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

We had a great dramatics department in school, so I did a lot of plays and theatre there. Later, when I was the captain of our student's ward, I figured out that if you find something you really love to do, you don't have to work for the rest of your life! You can just have fun and still excel in it because you enjoy what you do.

I think I'm the only professional horse rider from the movie industry. Strangely, I've seen no men from the industry at equestrian events. Though I've seen some ladies like Diya Mirza and Lara Dutta at the race course. Women, by the way, make superior horse riders.

My family is my biggest critic. Since they come from a non-filmi background, they give me an audience's point of view. They have been very supportive of me.

I'm just happy that people have recognised me as leading man material.

In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.

Love can never make you weak, and love is not restricted to opposite sex. I love my parents, I love my animals, and I love my profession.

If you have life's experiences with you, nothing can stop you from being a competent actor.

Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can't sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.

Knowledge is power. You can't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.

The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero's role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel the weaknesses of a character make them more alive, relatable, and human.

I'm going to start a polo team with my friend, and we're trying to collect as many horses as we can. You have to find time for things you love.

I don't have a set image. In fact, I would be curious to know how someone slots me.

At the end of the day, an actor is only a cog in the wheel.

I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you... whereas, film sets are not conducive to long rehearsals, and it is difficult to pick up the emotions amidst all that is going on around you.

If someone explains me the definition of love, I will give my life to the person. Love is a thing which is difficult to understand. Love is always evolving.

There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don't brood over my broody image.