Hrithik Roshan is the cover guy for the September issue of GQ that hits stands next week.
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The star has spoken candidly about his stammering and how he overcame it by locking himself in a room and practising for hours to talk fluently among others things. Extracts:
A-a-a-ctor: "I couldn't say a word and I wanted to be an actor. And every time I said that, I felt like such a fool because I used to go, 'I-I-I... w-w-w-want... t-t-t-to... b-b-be... a-an... a-a-actor!'"
On adulation: "You get so confused between the person that you are and the persona that is projected on screen.
I've been on stage where I have 40,000 people shouting my name... they have tears in their eyes. And you could so easily take all that and fill your ego with it and feel like a god, but you finally realise that it is a bottomless pit."
On choosing his films: "I see everybody doing the same thing over and over again because it works... I've reached a stage where I have enough courage to do films I believe in."
Being Hrithik: "I am my own product. And I have to take care of myself. That's going to get me my name, my fame, my bread-and-butter, my money for me and my family."
A-a-a-ctor: "I couldn't say a word and I wanted to be an actor. And every time I said that, I felt like such a fool because I used to go, 'I-I-I... w-w-w-want... t-t-t-to... b-b-be... a-an... a-a-actor!'"
On adulation: "You get so confused between the person that you are and the persona that is projected on screen.
I've been on stage where I have 40,000 people shouting my name... they have tears in their eyes. And you could so easily take all that and fill your ego with it and feel like a god, but you finally realise that it is a bottomless pit."
On choosing his films: "I see everybody doing the same thing over and over again because it works... I've reached a stage where I have enough courage to do films I believe in."
Being Hrithik: "I am my own product. And I have to take care of myself. That's going to get me my name, my fame, my bread-and-butter, my money for me and my family."
