Quotes from Mukesh Rishi

Since I got into acting, I always wanted to play a bad guy.

When you come to the South industry, they know that you don't know the language but it never becomes a barrier.

When you're playing a character in a movie, you can add your own touch to it and modify it to suit your style.

I am happy with my work and I think my hard work didn't get wasted.

Being from Jammu, I always saw Delhi as this big city where everyone would want to be.

When we burn the Ravana, we are symbolically destroying the evil in our society. We need to remember this after the Ramleela is over.

If a character artiste accepts too many small roles his career dies a slow death.

I have my own lifestyle. I have to have time to my family and that's one of my top priorities.

In today's time, when there is so much competition, they must not only focus on the characters of antagonists or protagonists, it is better for them to be good actors first.

I played Sanjay Dutt's role in 'Son of Sardar' in a Kannad film. But because roles aren't being discussed and published that much people tend to think that I am doing only negative roles.

When I agreed to play Ravana, I only had one condition that I get to modify the dialogues. One has to maintain the purity of the text, but the dramatization and the emotion behind it can be toyed with.

I felt ashamed while saying Bulla's dialogues! There was a mixed feeling of shame and guilt, and I constantly questioned myself why I was doing this in the first place.

I am from Jammu, but I studied in Chandigarh in sports quota.

No matter who you are, you must wear proper gear while driving.

When people pay money to watch films, they also expect good movie in return.

I was always interested in Ravana, for he had his own ways. He had a great respect and was God-fearing.

'Sarfarosh' has made people realize that I can act. This film has made me grow as an actor. There was a general impression among the people that I can only play a bad guy without any dialogues. But this film has given me a break and I have proved myself as an actor.

I was the vice-captain of Government College, Chandigarh, and around the same time, Kapil Dev was also representing his college. I knew his close friend very well, and I really respected his achievements when he started playing for the country.

I never like to keep people waiting; it gives a wrong impression about my personality if I am late.

I was in Fiji for some years. From there I went over to New Zealand to work as a store manager. But I was modeling for various companies at the same time.

My love for cricket, body-building and martial arts later helped me in modeling and then acting.

Ashish Sharma and I are close friends and we share a very good bond on and off sets.

Being an actor, and a villain for various movies, I've played all parts of Ravana's persona already. But as familiar as all these parts of it may seem, playing Ravana is a different ball game altogether.

Ravana isn't the usual villain. He is smart, has a personality, and has shades of grey which make him a complex character. There is versatility in the role and I plan to maximize on that.