I was lucky enough to make four Bond films. It finished in rather shambolic fashion, but I have no bitterness, no resentment.
I don't think one film is enough to showcase your talent or to show your abilities as an actor.
I was Gerti Giggles in 'Spy Kids.'
I knew I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know I would specifically be in film. I actually never thought I would be in film. I always envisioned being on the stage.
In Delhi, I became a serious stage actor. Then, luckily, the FTII acting course began, and I studied there, spent some time working on my craft. In 2008, I moved to Mumbai, and then in one and a half years of so-called struggle, I got my first film, 'Love Sex aur Dhokha' (LSD).
Actually, you have to spend a lot of time on TV. So I have taken a break from TV and shifted my focus in the movies.
'Cabaret' was the most commercial success that I've been involved in.
Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.
I'd love to have done more film, but you can't have everything.
My grandmother and both my parents worked in Bollywood.
I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.
I did 'Ponthan Mada' with Laboni Sarkar, which had won many awards.
After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.
My fourth movie, 'PKP2,' is my biggest release and biggest success.
Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.
We have a wonderful film lined up early next year called 'Desi Magic.' It showcases me in a double role for the first time. This movie has offered me the most challenging role of my career so far. It's weird I chose to do my toughest film with my own production house.
When I became a choreographer, I was not assisting any choreographer. I was assisting the director Mansoor Ali Khan for 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.' I was the fourth assistant director.
I dreamed of one day starring in a film. I've done that twice. Denzel Washington has done it countless times, so I still got some work to do.
One Missed Call,' it was regarded as a mainstream film for my career because it was big budget and filmed in Japan and it really opened wide in Japan, it did really well commercially. So I was really surprised.
I never did theater. I was a theater major at USC my first year because I didn't get into the film school. I was biding my time, hoping to be accepted to film school, and I ended up transferring to UCLA my sophomore year.
Broadway was always sort of my trajectory before I found film and television - that would be really tremendous.
I really only started doing film in '97. I mean, before then, I just pretty much did theater.
I am pleased about making a comeback in Bollywood, but then I really cannot think about leaving South Indian cinema. Whatever I am today is because of South films, and I cannot give up on that.
I'd love to do movies and be on TV. But I think if I transitioned into TV/film completely, I would really miss singing and dancing. It would be ideal to be cast in a movie musical!
Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.
