Quotes from Sooraj Pancholi

My mom is 60. She has been in the industry for over 30 years and till date, she auditions for movies. It's a myth that star kids don't have to give auditions.

I heard a lot of scripts after 'Hero' but did not get that wow feel. It was more of a package comprising four songs, four action sequences etc. I did not want to do that because I was looking for a story in a real kind of space.

My first dance class was with Shiamak Davar when I was seven-eight years old. My mom insisted that I start learning to dance early because she's a trained classical dancer.

As a child, I was very good at sports. I have been training since I was 14. I fell in love with the idea of transforming my body.

Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Bipasha Basu have yoga DVDs, but no one has come up with a fitness app. My app is targetted more at boys, because I believe that male and female genetics are different.

I worked from a very young age as an assistant director.

I cannot defend myself during a trial if there is no charge.

Unless you go to trial, you don't know what the truth is.

I am a clean slate and am willing to learn and explore every possible genre that comes my way.

I train until I fall on my knees. If I don't do that, I don't feel good.

My mom is a lioness. From bringing us up to getting work done, she has everything sorted for the family. If it wasn't for my mother, I don't think our family could have stuck by each other.

When I was young, I was a huge Michael Jackson fan, but I would dance only in front of the mirror, alone in my room.

Both my parents are very emotional. My mom is not expressive, my father is more, and he speaks out more.

I have spent most of my time with my grandparents.

I was put in the Anda cell at the Arthur Road jail which is the most secluded cell. You have no contact with anyone and you don't even get newspapers. I was completely numb.

In my family, my mom is the strongest and the things I can share with my mom I can't talk about them with my sister or my dad. I would not say that she is my best friend because she isn't. But I get the maximum comfort from her.

I think nowadays creating videos is a totally different industry and different career all together. Music videos are doing 100-plus, which is a lot.

If I've decided to be a celebrity, I know that it comes at a cost. But people should understand where to draw the line. I don't like it when my family is dragged into things.