Well, you know, like…..I feel, I think, it’s basically, physically sabse pehle tho you’ve to maintain yourself. You know, you have to look fit. People don’t mind if you have wrinkles, they don’t mind whatever the way you change. But you should look fit and fresh. You know, they don’t mind. And you should look lean. This is what I feel. And then the roles that you do. The kind of directors that you want to work with and constantly you can’t keep on thinking that you want to become a bigger and a bigger and a bigger star. What you have to think, how you excel yourself as an actor. And that’s what I have done, you know, constantly there were times when a lot of money was offered to me but I didn’t accept that money. You know, I did the film for a much lower price, so that I could get a good role

•Give me an example of a film that you did for a less price

I think all the films that I’ve done for a less price have worked

•I think, Slumdog, in particular

Yes, Slumdog was…You know, man in fact, whatever I… I’ve almost taken nothing absolutely and as a gesture the producer has given me a…..I am the only actor who has got a bank end point (???)…perpetually, with all the profits…which is great….because I didn’t ask for it

•How does it work

Whatever the profits will be, I’ll get a certain kind of, you know, little bit of money

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