Sushant Singh Rajput Quotes

No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and the people around you.

I will continue doing things irrespective of the medium as long as I’m excited about it.

I am learning the importance of living in the moment.

To be able to make statements, you need to be confident about what you think. You need to have a sense of right and wrong.

I love layering with great fitting jackets.

If 'Befikre' was representing the new-age youth of India and romance as what it was claiming, it would have been great irrespective of the box-office numbers. But unfortunately, it didn't do that, and hence, I would not be interested.

Along with some of my college friends, I would often bunk classes and drive to Murthal, which is about 50 km from New Delhi, just to have some piping hot parathas. There was this small roadside dhaba where they would serve absolutely delicious aloo parathas with dollops of butter.

When I was young, I was supposed to study in the afternoon, and 4 - 5:30 P.M. was playtime. The entire day would revolve around that time. We would play anything - kabaddi, cricket. Those one and half hours would feel like 5 minutes.

Both Dhoni and me, we are so interested in what we are doing right now that we don't sit and think about future. This thing commands your attention because you love it so much. Your experience is not distorted by your fear or desire to attain something.

The way Nolan looks at things is just amazing. It can be easily seen in all his films. I was just watching his videos on how he came up with the screenplay of 'Memento,' and it's just extraordinary. It just opens up your mind.

Things are difficult for outsiders in the industry, and it is very evident, too. It does not mean that insiders have it easy or that it's impossible for outsiders to break in. More often than not, the difference is about how successes and failures are viewed and magnified.

I remember when the results of the All India Engineering exams came out. I ranked 7th. I even got a scholarship. But it was during the sixth semester of my engineering course that I decided to call it quits and pursue acting seriously.

I have songs that define characters from each film of mine. It can be a song from that particular film or something that just goes with the wavelength of the film; you listen to it, and it gives you that rhythm. I can't articulate how it helps, but it somehow gives you an understanding of the character.

It took me 13 months just to prepare for 'M.S. Dhoni'... I started by watching every single video I could find of his, repeatedly. After three months, people who met me started saying that they could see similarities, and I knew I was on the right path.

I was the youngest child and the only son. I was expected to shine in academics. It seemed like too big a risk to take up cricket as a career. I thought I had to live up to my family's expectations. So I chose to be an engineer.

The equation I share with the camera doesn't change whether you place a camera in front of me or a live audience. Just the pay cheques differ. But that doesn't matter to me because I've so much money, I don't even think about it. It's just lying there.

Bringing out your vulnerable side and shedding your privacy in front of complete strangers is so very difficult, but when you are into the performance, the relief and release is so extraordinary that you get addicted.

There are so many ways to approach a character. You have to figure out the similarities between you and the character, build on them, and at the same time, blur the dissimilarities. Since you do it day in and day out, it becomes a process and a part of you.

What people think of me doesn't affect me. As bizarre as it sounds, I don't have a Google alert on my phone; I don't read newspapers, and I don't watch television. If something important happens, I will get to know about it.

I really wanted to buy a Range Rover. It was a big dream, and the day I bought it, I was very happy, but by evening, I was immune to it. That's when I realized that excitement, if it's happiness, is not in reaching the goal but in the process. Thus process trumps over realization.

I think we are all insecure, and there is nothing wrong in accepting that. But the problem arises when we try to counter this insecurity by cultivating this illusion of control, and we start taking ourselves and everything we know too seriously.

For me, the script is important. If it excites me, I'll do the film.

People assume that actors working in films won't have the time to do theatre. But I make sure that whenever I'm free, I watch a play.

It's cruel to compare two actors working with two different filmmakers on two different characters.

Before the film begins shooting, in your head, you need to be the character. You have to convince yourself somehow.

I can also romance a guy if I like the character and the script. Obviously, only in the film!

When I am not acting or performing, I want to keep quiet and not to have a conversation.

I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.

Cricketers have to perform in front of millions, and there are no retakes. If then you become a hero, you deserve all the accolades coming your way.

Our job, as actors, is not to tell the audience how interesting we are, but to entertain them with our films.

I think, for every actor, the most challenging part of playing a character, specially a real-life character, is to convince yourself that you are the character.

I cannot think that I am a good cricketer and just become one. For this, one needs skill.

Given a chance, I would love to romance Tabu. I wouldn't mind doing a film with Manisha Koirala, either. Or Madhuri Dixit.

TV helped me understand camera angles, close-ups, master shots.

Four days a week, I do gymming, four days marital arts. Once a week I normally play lawn tennis, and once a week I horseride.

I was a studious child, heavily into academics. For the longest time, I wouldn't talk.

I am not saying that those who crave for conventional stardom are wrong in their aspirations. But that's not what I want.

If you have skills to pull off even a four-hour film, people will go and watch it.

Every character that I've chosen has made me evolve as an actor. And I am lucky that my directors have shown so much faith in my abilities.

I've been a fan of Dhoni for years. I've seen him play for India for over 10 years.

When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.

If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.

As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don't.

I was offered 10-12 films during the time that we were working on 'Paani.'

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the best actor because his choice of roles are so diametrically opposite from each other, and he pulls it off almost every time so convincingly.

Frankly, I'm an actor right now because of Shah Rukh. When I was in school and even when studying engineering, I used to watch his films.

When I was in the eighth standard, I would dance to 'Suraj hua madham.' I have to achieve many things before I become even the 'S' of SRK.

I despise women wearing too much makeup. It hides their actual beauty.

I never think about what people will think when they watch me on screen.

I read the script. If I like it, I would do anything I am asked to.

I experienced a lot of things while I was working with Dibakar Banerjee.

You can't make two films at the same time.

I am not a private person; you can ask those who hang out with me.

I will continue doing things irrespective of the medium as long as I'm excited about it.

My exercise regime is a mix of gymming, marital arts, sports, etc. Sushant Singh Rajput

I have four elder sisters, and being the youngest, I was pampered.

Let me clear it once and for all: I was never offered 'Befikre.' But had I been offered, I wouldn't have done it.

I have been blessed with strong leg muscles, and dancing really exercises one's legs

There is a very thin line dividing characterisation from impersonation. I've to make sure I don't cross over into mimicry.

Money was a big differentiator when I was growing up, but I made sure it doesn't stay that way.

What keeps me going are my learnings, which I would rather call my 'experience,' and my urge to explore.

Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.

Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I'd rather not speak.

I've stopped taking myself seriously because now I understand how fickle my thoughts are.

I have made a lot of mistakes, but I am proud of them all.

If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better.

My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He's the finest actor in Hollywood. I've studied his performances.

Whatever dream you have, be sure that it is going to be happen, and then forget about it. Then you have to come back to the present and be there 100 percent.

For me, the opposite of happiness isn't sadness but boredom.

My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.

The more I learn about things, I realise how wrong I was before.

I am not lost. I am very much alive.

I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I'm fine. I'm a shy person.

Everything happening around me is very random. I am enjoying the phase, as the journey is far more enjoyable than the destination.

The only strong opinion that I have about myself is that I don't have any opinions.

Money was a big differentiator when I was growing up, but I made sure it doesn’t stay that way.

For me, the opposite of happiness isn’t sadness but boredom.

My strength would be my honesty and my passion for my work.

The more I learn about things, I realize how wrong I was before.

I have been overshadowed for the first 25 years of my life when I was nobody to the world. But I was a superstar in my head.

I’ve stopped taking myself seriously because now I understand how fickle my thoughts are.

What keeps me going are my learnings, which I would rather call my ‘experience,’ and my urge to explore.

You have to be possessive about who you love

I am reckless, yes, but not thoughtless