Everything happening around me is very random. I am enjoying the phase, as the journey is far more enjoyable than the destination.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better.
Sushant Singh Rajput
For me, the opposite of happiness isn’t sadness but boredom.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I have seen extreme lows because of factors that were not in my hands – be it not having money to buy my first bike, dropping out of a prestigious engineering college without having a single rupee in my bank account, living with seven boys in a single-room kitchen in Mumbai, or eating nothing but khichdi every day. But I cherish all those moments.
Sushant Singh Rajput
The best thing is to accept the circumstances, not take them personally, deal with them, stop complaining, and give everything your best.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I’d rather not speak.
Sushant Singh Rajput
My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
A man should definitely own a couple of blue denims, white crew neck T-shirt, a versatile blazer, comfortable pair of boxers, and coloured sneakers.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I realised quite early that by the time I articulate my thoughts into words, I’m on to another thought. And what comes out wasn’t what I thought of exactly. So not talking was a better option.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I am not a private person; you can ask those who hang out with me.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I pray to God every day that he makes me the biggest superstar, but before that, I ask God to make me a good actor. Being a star is hard, but being an actor is even harder. I want to be both before I am done.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I am learning the importance of living in the moment.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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 people around you.
Sushant Singh Rajput
The only strong opinion that I have about myself is that I don’t have any opinions.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I come from a family of doctors and engineers, and everyone expected me to take up a similar career. That was the most natural thing to do!
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I will continue doing things irrespective of the medium as long as I’m excited about it.
Sushant Singh Rajput
The more I learn about things, I realise how wrong I was before.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I crave for adventure. It makes me feel alive and excited. It’s a constant tussle between what you want to do and other parameters that aren’t in your hands.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I experienced a lot of things while I was working with Dibakar Banerjee.
Sushant Singh Rajput
TV helped me understand camera angles, close-ups, master shots.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I’ve stopped taking myself seriously because now I understand how fickle my thoughts are.
Sushant Singh Rajput
There is a very thin line dividing characterisation from impersonation. I’ve to make sure I don’t cross over into mimicry.
Sushant Singh Rajput
Money was a big differentiator when I was growing up, but I made sure it doesn’t stay that way.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I crave for adventure. It makes me feel alive and excited. It’s a constant tussle between what you want to do and other parameters that aren’t in your hands.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I have made a lot of mistakes, but I am proud of them all.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I’m fine. I’m a shy person.
Sushant Singh Rajput
My morning starts with some form of exercise, and I give two hours – from 5:30 to 7:30 A.M. – to my personal fitness.
Sushant Singh Rajput
For me, the script is important. If it excites me, I’ll do the film.
Sushant Singh Rajput
My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He’s the finest actor in Hollywood. I’ve studied his performances.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I am ecstatic that ‘KPC’ was a commercial hit and was critically acclaimed. The 60 days we shot for it were the best days of my life. I still get goosebumps when I think of them.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I was very excited and interested as a background dancer or as a theatre actor or when I was working on TV, or even on the film which didn’t do well, like ‘Byomkesh.’
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
Before the film begins shooting, in your head, you need to be the character. You have to convince yourself somehow.
Sushant Singh Rajput
As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don’t.
Sushant Singh Rajput
If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I’m a trained engineer, so I’m conditioned to come up with a right answer to a difficult question, but when it comes to art, there is no definite answer because it’s so subjective.
Sushant Singh Rajput
Let me clear it once and for all: I was never offered ‘Befikre.’ But had I been offered, I wouldn’t have done it.
Sushant Singh Rajput
If you have skills to pull off even a four-hour film, people will go and watch it.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I think people generally are lost, as they keep thinking about what is going to happen and what they have done. They are not alive anymore. The art of listening is missing. In their head, they are doing something else.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I am not lost. I am very much alive.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I read the script. If I like it, I would do anything I am asked to.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I can also romance a guy if I like the character and the script. Obviously, only in the film!
Sushant Singh Rajput
Given a chance, I would love to romance Tabu. I wouldn’t mind doing a film with Manisha Koirala, either. Or Madhuri Dixit.
Sushant Singh Rajput
Dibakar and Shekhar have the vision that we would associate with European cinema. They leave their actors on their own to give a personal narration on the screen.
Sushant Singh Rajput
When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.
Sushant Singh Rajput
When I am not acting or performing, I want to keep quiet and not to have a conversation.
Sushant Singh Rajput
Practical knowledge of what works and what doesn’t work is much better. Theoretical knowledge is important, but I think practical knowledge works better.
Sushant Singh Rajput
Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
Since I think I am very boring in normal life, I tend to hide behind all these exciting characters, making people believe that I am someone else entirely. That feeling is very powerful.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I have four elder sisters, and being the youngest, I was pampered.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I was a studious child, heavily into academics. For the longest time, I wouldn’t talk.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
You can’t make two films at the same time.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I was offered 10-12 films during the time that we were working on ‘Paani.’
Sushant Singh Rajput
I never think about what people will think when they watch me on screen.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I cannot think that I am a good cricketer and just become one. For this, one needs skill.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can’t completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.
Sushant Singh Rajput
We should never forget the inevitable, as we will lose everything eventually. So, why fret over any kind of security? The idea is to just fly and experience it all while it lasts.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I left everything I had to become an actor. So, I better be excited, or otherwise, there is no point in doing all this. Else I would end up being disappointed with whatever I achieve.
Sushant Singh Rajput
I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
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.
Sushant Singh Rajput
It’s cruel to compare two actors working with two different filmmakers on two different characters.
Sushant Singh Rajput