Akshaye Khanna

As much as I say I am uncomfortable with too much attention, but in essence that's what I, every artiste works for.

As an actor, one is constantly reading scripts and interacting with creative teams. Sometimes, things work and sometimes, they don't. It's never in an actor's hands.

Politics has friendship, enmity, intrigue and even humour.

I feel that adoption is a good idea to control population. This would also help orphaned children grow up in a normal way in a family atmosphere that is so important in today's time. The only thing you need is a large heart.

Salman is my favourite actor. In fact, I look upon the entire Khan family with great regard.

There is a lot of envy, there is a lot of flak that we as children of the industry get for what we may have achieved or not achieved. We're under constant surveillance.

I'm open to working with anybody and everybody as long as I have faith in them and they have faith in me.

If you want to be an actor today you have to come prepared with the entire package, which includes acting, dancing, action, PR skills, building your physique and all of it. Otherwise, nobody is going to touch you.

Yup, I'm not good at selling myself, my PR skills are atrocious.

Controversy is not necessarily a bad thing. It's a good thing at times.

I haven't seen 'Himalay Putra' since the time it released. I can't say there is any special reason for not seeing it. But I don't watch my older films. It doesn't give me a kick.

I barley read stuff about myself. Even when I see some article about myself in a paper or a magazine, nine out of 10 times, I skip it.