Whatever understanding I have of filmmaking is because of my stint as an assistant director on 'Gangs of Wasseypur.'

Vicky Kaushal

Categorized in : Whatever Understanding Filmmaking

I feel there's a halo around me, a constant sunshine wherever I go.

feel go me sunshine

When I became an actor, I knew that there were only two ways of going about it - either I become an actor who has expectations, or the reverse of it.

become only expectations two

My father never got films to our dinner table. It was never the case with us as well that our father works in films, and we know so many actors. It was like him going to work like any other father. In fact, my school friends would ask me if I have met a certain actor, and I would tell them that I haven't, which they found strange.

me dinner work father

My job is to give my best, and where my journey would take me is something that I have left to God. I am not much of a planner; I am more of a doer.

best me journey god

Whenever a relationship doesn't go on the right path, it affects me in some form, but it hasn't spoilt anything for me.

go me path relationship

Love is not complicated; people are, and that is changing the perception of love.

perception love-is love people

I will keep working hard in future as well so that audience will keep showering their love upon me.

will me future love

I think all my films have a different journey. Therefore, I take it as it comes.

i-think think different journey

My father said he will always support me but just not as an action director. It is a deal between both of us. He is an inspiration because he is a self-made man. I want to set that same example for my kids. I will fight it out.

fight me man father

I unleashed my wilder side in 'Manmarziyaan' while playing the character, who is impulsive, colourful, does things without thinking too much.

things too-much character thinking

Good films not only help me grow as an actor but as a human being.

human-being grow good me

I am very happy that I am getting to play such layered and demanding characters. I feel blessed that directors are trusting me with such roles.

i-am me blessed happy

The best thing is to enjoy the process that can lead you either to success or to failure.

best you failure success

Working with Anurag sir was always a dream. He is the person I started my journey with.

person always journey dream

I did not have any inclination towards cinema. The atmosphere at home was not filmy, and we would never discuss anything related to films.

anything never cinema home

I was an industry kid but was never brought up like one.

never kid like up

When I am playing the protagonist of the film, before the release, I feel a certain pressure because I become the face of the film, then, and I have a major responsibility.

face i-am feel responsibility

We tend to say that some films are made for multiplex audience and some for single-screen theatres.

say some audience made

I know that in Bollywood, there is this constant talk on which actor's film is minting how much money, but we are living in a time where the focus is shifting from 'actor's responsibility' to the result of a great team work. I believe filmmaking is about that.

focus money work time

It is probably the best validation, the best compliment: that when somebody says you are getting good things in life, and you deserve this.

best good you life