'We were shocked to know about her death.' 'We couldn't believe it because she was not sick or in a bad condition.'

'Madhuri is the best dancer in the world.' 'Shahid is too good!' 'Hrithik is the best in the industry.'

The Legend, frank as always.

'As an actor, he gave me so much.'

'...saying 'I love you'.' 'In none of the films has my character ever uttered 'I love you' or 'Main tumse mohabbat karta hoon'.'

'I have seen the tears in their eyes.' 'I want to thank God for giving me an opportunity to help these guys.'

'I am most happy about the memes of Thor and me; that was so cool!' 'I showed my wife one where my face was photoshopped on Thor's body.' 'She loves muscles -- she's always keeps telling me to get muscles.' 'I showed her the photo and told her that the muscle guy has been replaced by the artist.'

'Jeetenge Hum is a thank you to the frontline workers and to show our country how beautiful it is.'

'I have hot water with haldi. It's great for immunity.'

'Ever since I heard about his death this morning, I have not been able to control my tears,' says Patcy N who interviewed the actor often

'We don't know when things will get back to normal, even if the lockdown gets over.'

'I will not take anything for granted now.'

'The timing of the lockdown was such that Kriti was at home after more than a month of shooting.' 'So we are getting good family time.'

'What you do today defines what you are going to be tomorrow.'

'Everyone's going to come out on few kilos (heavier).'

'We are so busy in our lives, there is never any time.'

'Meditation will keep you calm.'

'It is very difficult for anybody to say no to the fame and fancies that come along.' 'But I was courageous and had the strength to say no.'

'I miss my grandparents the most. Though they are no more, I wish they were here. Quarantine would have been heaven.'

'You should pick up household chores that requires physical activity.' 'I volunteered to mop the whole house, so my mum is very happy.'

'That's how you keep yourself alive and young.'

'When it comes to work, he forgets his sleep, his food, everything.' 'He is too involved in the process and that gives him strength.'

'When the trailer of Angrezi Medium came out, and when the credits were rolling in the end, with names like Irrfan Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Dimple Kapadia... that's when it hit me and I couldn't control my tears. That was the first time I realised that I was living my dream.'

'He's got such incredible resilience, such an incredible spirit that we were feeding off his strength rather than him feeding off ours.' 'Sometimes I look back and cannot figure out how the f*** we made this movie.'

'Even if we do a really sexy picture, they (stars) trust me and my wife Manisha to pull out an absolutely amazing shot.' 'It should not cross that line and step into vulgarity.'

'Even if the girl gives you a look, your whole day is made. It's a beautiful feeling.'

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'Akshay is in the same phase that probably Mr Bachchan has gone through.' 'He has that kind of success and stardom, but he does not let it go to his head.' 'That's what I love about him.'

'I am constantly balancing, whether it's time with Saif, whether it's Taimur, whether it's with my mom-in-law, whether it's my own family, whether it's 30-35 days of doing brands, then 50 days of shooting a film... there's a lot going on...'

'I don't make big budget films. So if my film makes Rs 120 crore, it's a huge hit. We finish fast, make it on a small budget and recover fast,' Akshay Kumar tells Patcy N/Rediff.com.

'The idea is to celebrate your imperfections because God has made us all the same, right?'

'Who will give me that (lost) time?' 'The stress I have gone through, the stress my family has gone through.' 'We have not laughed in seven, eight years.'

'If you want people to get a social message, it is important to package it with humour.'

'But you have to keep in mind the entertainment value. It can't be preachy.'

'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'

'Raj and DK have taken the effort to look at Moosa as a person.' 'Like, what happened to him?' 'What made him become a terrorist?' 'The emotional trauma that he might have had... that clicked for me.'

'I have done so many films but even today when I walk on the road, people call me Kaalia. I don't feel bad. I feel proud that people have seen me in Sholay and remember me.'

'I don't believe in the length of the role. But I definitely don't want to be decoration.'

'Films were made on a very low budget, so if there was a small defect, we would let it pass, and audiences often didn't catch those defects.' Shyam Ramsay tells us his 'horror' story.

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