To me, action has to come from the plot. — Farhan Akhtar

I feel with ‘Don 2’ I got an opportunity to do a very good action with the kind of pace that I would like an action film to have. — Farhan Akhtar

To me ‘Qurbani’ was a good action film–it was fast, had one plot, and moved along at a pace, and it didn’t really divert attention. — Farhan Akhtar

Difficulty does not deter me. In fact, I find challenges exciting. — Farhan Akhtar

Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction. — Farhan Akhtar

If I don’t work out, I lose weight instead of gaining it. — Farhan Akhtar

I am not trained to be a director or an actor. I have learnt everything by watching other people work and studying their work. — Farhan Akhtar

Work does affect my personal life, as it consumes most of my time. It takes away a lot from my family time. — Farhan Akhtar

I think nothing can be taken for granted–be it the fact that you get to work with a certain kind of talent, certain kinds of budgets, or that the audience looks forward to your work. — Farhan Akhtar

As the director, you are the organiser who has to have all the answers. You are the person with maximum clarity. — Farhan Akhtar

If you are a doctor or farmer, be sincere about your profession. If you can do what you do honestly, you will end up serving your country. — Farhan Akhtar

Friendship brings in a lot of honesty and trust into any relationship, especially a marriage. — Farhan Akhtar

I think it is important to time yourself to make the right choices. It’s not responsible to go ahead and say a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on a whim. — Farhan Akhtar

People want a certain amount of respect when they watch a film: it should be worth of their time. — Farhan Akhtar

Every time I look into the mirror, I want to see a man whose mother, sister, wife and daughter are proud to call their own. — Farhan Akhtar

I remember so clearly as a kid, my biggest problem in life was I used to never follow up on anything. — Farhan Akhtar

When I made my debut as an actor in ‘Rock On!’ I was confident to get in front of the camera. — Farhan Akhtar

I like to make films with characters that resemble real people, about societies that exist. — Farhan Akhtar

Everyone has a Milkha Singh in them. — Farhan Akhtar

When I take up a film, I always think of the effect it will have on my children when they see the film years later. — Farhan Akhtar

Filmmaking, whatever the window dressing or the scale of a film may be, is eventually about telling a story. — Farhan Akhtar

From being in a film and shooting to just being in a studio with my guitar and musicians was a welcome change. — Farhan Akhtar

Fitness is about keeping yourself healthy. This is something you do for yourself and for your loved ones. — Farhan Akhtar

When you go to a film set, of course you’re going to do your job, and you’re excited about being there, but you somehow feel fatigued that you are just doing this day in and day out. — Farhan Akhtar

Even within escapist cinema, if you find a good story to tell, it will do well. — Farhan Akhtar

Everything I do is gauged under the shadow of ‘Dil Chahta Hai.’ Even ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ and ‘Rock On,’ which are very urban films. So I am always seen through that lens. — Farhan Akhtar

My sister Zoya and I have been exposed to the best of cinema of all kinds–Chinese, Japanese, Italian, etc. — Farhan Akhtar

Cinema, I always felt, is a very powerful mass medium to translate ideas in an engaging way. — Farhan Akhtar

Dil Chahta Hai’ is not the first film about friendship. ‘Lakshya’ is not the first film about war and coming of age. — Farhan Akhtar

Amitabh Bachchan was the coolest character in every movie. — Farhan Akhtar