I wanted a half-hour, single-camera comedy with a great lead where I could be No. 2 or 3 on the call sheet, and it was going to get on the air. Those were my criteria, and they sent me 'Cougar Town.' I read it and loved it.
'Singh Is Bliing' came up to me as my dream role.
My first movie role was a supporting performance in a Canadian film called 'Final Lady.' It was a great opportunity for me at the time.
I was editing for Kunal Kapoor when I got my first film 'Jaan Tere Naam' as lead actor.
I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.
I did a 'Children of the Corn' remake for Sci Fi Channel. I play the Peter Horton role from the original, and Candace McClure from 'Battlestar Galactica' is my Linda Hamilton.
If a movie requires the lead actor to spend a good chunk of his onscreen time talking to himself, and Popeye is unavailable because of contractual disputes, it's hard to do better than Johnny Depp.
I would play the lead role in films which have scripts that suit me.
I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the director, the other actors. It's definitely a responsibility.
I have always accepted films based on what my role is. Of course, I do look at who is playing the lead opposite me, the producer and the director.
There's the pressure of being a No. 1 on the call sheet, being a lead actor. There's almost this feeling like being captain of the team. You want to put a bit of energy into actually setting a good example.
A very high bar has been set with Robert Downey in 'Iron Man.' That idea was, find the best actor for the part, regardless of whether they've been in a movie like this before.
Directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of the cast understand that by doing whatever he says.
Would I do another 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety?' I'd do it as many times as Luv Ranjan wants me to.
It's not like I'm the lead actor or anything. But it's really cool to be in a Steven Soderbergh movie.
I used to be one of the lead actors of a theatre group called Hetu when I was in medical school. Prithvi Theatre was our stomping ground. I'd got many positive reviews.
Being a lead role in a play in Vegas? Like, come on! How much bigger can it get?
After I left the R.S.C., I did a musical, 'Masquerade,' where I played a rabbit. I was the lead.
I guess it's a kind of a goal for any actor to be the lead of a movie. Not for ego reasons, but because it is creatively the biggest challenge.
I was one of the assistant dancers of 'Race' 10 years ago, and now I am one of the lead actors of 'Race 3,' where I have got a chance to share screen space with some of the legends of our country like Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan. I am overwhelmed.
I have done so many films in which either I have been the main lead or part of the supporting cast.
I am capable of holding the quote-unquote 'title' of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.
I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.
When you're playing a supporting character, you don't really have a lot of control of the quality of the film.
I just wrapped this movie called 'The Wedding Crashers' which was a pretty big break for me.
