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'Heyy Babyy' is a modern yet very traditionally Indian film - you can watch it with your entire family.

There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.

Though there is lot of struggle, nothing deterred my ambition to get into the film industry.

When people say I have become a celebrity, I remind them of fame's flip side. For instance, if I want to watch a movie in a cinema, I have to enter through a side exit just before the film begins and leave by the same exit before the credits roll.

Now I know that however big a film, you have every right over how you want to be seen on screen.

When I do a film, it is about how I become a character.

When I choose a script, I ensure that I get to contribute to the film in some way and, in turn, grow as an actor in the process.

I was sent off to study in Georgia to keep me from movies. When I outgrow this film career, I will become a practicing doctor. I want to specialize in cardiology.

Since when I was little, I would always write a script and tell my sister, 'Read this line. I'm going to film it.'

I play the guitar. This year at the Sundance film festival, I joined the band from 'The Guitar' on stage. We warmed up for Patti Smith, and then the director Michel Gondry got on the drums to play some songs from the soundtrack to his film Be Kind Rewind with Mos Def. It was pretty mad.

Hollywood is a double feeling. Love and hate. With a talented film director, I cannot resist. They are such charming and intelligent people. But each time, it is very difficult to deal with other people. I have to satisfy other people. The director or the producer. Not me. I have to satisfy myself. But then I have to deliver my music.

Without the knowledge of music, it would be very hard to write film music. There are so many films, and each one has a different historical background and everything.

Each time I work on a film, I say to myself, 'This is it. This is the end.' Because it is so stressful, it's like torture.

I am an actor and I don't have any language barrier. If I get a Tamil film, I will learn the language. It's not a problem.

Television is as much a part of my journey as film.

I love and respect the Indian film industry specially Salman Khan is such a huge star and so humble.

I loved 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts, which is going to be made into a film. It's an amazing story about an Australian guy who escapes from prison and his first port of call is Mumbai.

I am thankful to all those who gave me opportunities in the film industry.

I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the nightmares stopped.

I didn't discover how music and film could work together until Jim Jarmusch had me do 'Ghost Dog.'

You go to the edit room and see one scene which has come out fantastically, and you feel the film will set records. By evening, you look at the budget figures or something that hasn't worked out and ask yourself - what if this doesn't work?