Hollywood has realised that we do have actors and are not just mad about song and dance.

It's horrible when actors say that they are apolitical.

As an actor, your job is half done when your co-star becomes your friend, especially when it's Judi Dench.

I got a chance to work with Judi Dench in almost every scene. How many Indian actors get that chance?

Now, there doesn't have to necessarily be a white man in the lead role. That's the way forward. That's diversity. It's cool if an Indian is playing the lead role in a Hollywood project, and we should be proud of this.

In Bollywood, we are told exactly what to do and how to do it and not to counter things by saying there's a better way. We make our actors feel important by paying them more. But the real deal is when you let the actors take some decisions on the sets.