Ranveer Singh Quotes

Someday, I plan to buy a house in Goa, do only one movie a year, and spend the rest of time painting, learning how to cook, cooking for friends, and doing yoga.

I am an animated and flamboyant person. But it is being mistaken as brashness. So now I am trying to be more dignified.

I must say, I was a very filmy kid. I used to watch a lot of TV and get very influenced by Bollywood.

I’m a happy person. Sometimes, I have to make a conscious effort to stay happy. See, my predispositions are – as opposed to what you see – I’m actually quite a sensitive person, very empathetic, very emotional… Very impulsive.

Fashion is an expression of what you’re feeling.

I am fiercely loyal and over-possessive, but I am learning to control my being possessive. I have become quite mature, though not as much as I would like to be, but have still improved tremendously. I can’t hide my feelings, and it takes a lot of effort to be closed about things I feel for.

You will never win if you don’t deal with your work ethically. All that you need to do is to stick to your principles; morals are relative.

I love being in love. It’s the best feeling in the world.

I was never hungry for this kind of attention; it was the love of performing that got me interested in acting.

I just love being in front of the camera making people laugh, cry, entertaining them. It’s the ‘nasha’ of performance that I enjoy. It’s my calling, and I’m blessed to be able to do that for a living.

I debuted in Bollywood without inhibitions, and I don’t want to develop any fears now. Nothing is more detrimental to an actor than the lack of total surrender.

I always wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little kid. I knew that I had to do something related to performing arts, and I enjoyed acting the most as it incorporated so many different art forms.

I am usually a fun-loving person, and I say most of the things in a jest. Sometimes I get in trouble, but over a period of time, I think people now realise that most of the things I say are in jest.

Everyone has a mobile phone with a camera; every phone can record video. You have to be prepared to be captured. It’s very easy to be misconstrued and presented in ways that you wouldn’t prefer. If I take a selfie with bags under my eyes, it becomes a hashtag.

I’m a very serious guy. I try to counter that predisposition of being a serious person with all this tomfoolery that I love to do so much. I really enjoy it; that’s why I do it. I don’t like the way I am… perhaps my natural default is to be that way, and I don’t like that.

When I was launched in 2010, people told me that I wasn’t the best looking guy, so I would have to act really well. I am aware that I am not conventionally good looking. I have heard it so many times that I have started believing it.

I find it very cool when girls hit on me because, for a long time, I was a fat kid. I became sexy at a later stage.

Ever since I was a little kid, the only thing that fascinated me, excited me, and engaged me was Hindi films. I didn’t know anything beyond Hindi films. I was a ‘filmi bachcha.’

I don’t think I have any set image, and I don’t want one. If I think I’m getting a particular image, I try and break it. I find it very important to keep the audience guessing and keep them on their toes.

I’ve learnt that you shouldn’t take people seriously, whether they praise you or trash you.

I like to be present; I like to be in the now. The way life has shaped up, it is difficult, you know, with mobile phones taking you to another time and space all the time. So it’s always a battle to stay in the moment. But according to me, it’s a better way to be.

Let me put it this way: if I am the leading man of the film, and the film-maker is asking me to support him in a certain aspect so as not to burden the budget of the film, I will do whatever I can to support his vision.