Javed Jaffrey

We had nothing in hand and my father used to live on the street. The profession of acting happened to him when B.R. Chopra picked him up for a film, and my father acted just to earn money for survival.

For me it is important to mould myself as the director wants. That's my challenge as an actor.

In India, there's so much strife, pain and trouble that song, dance and going to the movies is respite.

I spend my free time at home with my kids.

I always look for reinventing myself... doing something different and new.

I'm the only actor who has done everything, right from anchoring shows to composing and singing songs to theatre to movies.

When I joined the film industry I looked forward to different roles, unfortunately that did not materialise.

You can do a lot of impromptu in dubbing. You can bring in different characters and different accents.

I would say I was lucky that I got different kinds of roles.

Being a producer is tough. They have to go through so much - dates, money, and release. It's quite crazy.

I have played various kinds of roles. There are various territories that I have explored as an actor.

Some good talent was just hanging around and waiting for someone to spot them and TV gave them the spotlight. Actors got this platform, which is so great, and could accommodate anyone.