Every actor’s deepest desire is to reach a huge audience. So, I don’t look down upon commercial cinema… there’s a beauty in it that you understand sooner or later. – Randeep Hooda
There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance. – Randeep Hooda
I’m going to start a polo team with my friend, and we’re trying to collect as many horses as we can. You have to find time for things you love. – Randeep Hooda
My mom often tells me to get married, but she gets it now that I don’t want to. Like any other mom, she is worried, but she also understands the demands of my profession. I am blessed to have a family like this. – Randeep Hooda
I have this soft spot for have-nots. So, I was really inclined to portray their pain and pathos in ‘Highway.’ – Randeep Hooda
A few years ago, when I had no work and started believing that films weren’t a viable career, I thought of finding another job. I started training and riding horses and got consumed by that. It was a boon in disguise. – Randeep Hooda
I would like to be known as one of the best actors in the world because that is something that I would have earned. And being sexiest would come from my genes… it is something I was born with and not earned it for myself. – Randeep Hooda
Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked. – Randeep Hooda
It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not given work on the basis of audience poll; the filmmaker will cast you after they see and like your work. It is essential to do different kind of films and not get typecast. – Randeep Hooda
You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work. – Randeep Hooda
I feel very meditative when I ride. A horse does not know whether my movie is a hit or a flop or what is happening in my relationship. – Randeep Hooda
For very long, I wasn’t able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn’t know how to capitalise on it. – Randeep Hooda
Stardom happens – you can’t plan it – it’s destiny, and you shouldn’t stand between you and your destiny. I’m letting my destiny play its part, and I go by my gut feeling. If I like my role, I say yes; if I don’t, I just refuse, as simple as that. – Randeep Hooda
I didn’t allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn’t allow success to bloat my head. – Randeep Hooda
The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero’s role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel the weaknesses of a character make them more alive, relatable, and human. – Randeep Hooda
I went through a low phase for two years when I had a string of flops. At that time, I even felt that I was in the wrong profession and that I should leave acting. But thankfully, I utilised that time to introspect and went on a self-exploration trip. I did theatre in between, and it helped grow the fire within me. – Randeep Hooda
Love can never make you weak, and love is not restricted to opposite sex. I love my parents, I love my animals, and I love my profession. – Randeep Hooda
Though I thoroughly enjoyed playing crime branch officer Gautam Savant, it drained a lot out of me, too. It shook my faith in myself, as I explored my hidden side and wondered if I was just acting or using the character as an excuse to vent my mean side. – Randeep Hooda
In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money. – Randeep Hooda
When we are younger, we say a lot of things without often believing in them. The thoughts within you are much more important, and so often, one can’t completely describe what one feels. As we grow older, we realize that there is more to love than what is expressed in the conventional sense of the terms. – Randeep Hooda
I don’t see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions. – Randeep Hooda
Over the years, I have realized that there’s more to a film’s fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It’s the package that sells – the songs, action, actors, etc. – Randeep Hooda
It’s a misconception that love can only foster between two people of opposite sex. Love is a bond. – Randeep Hooda
There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words. – Randeep Hooda
I would often take this bus and go to a nearby village where I had hordes of animal friends. I was hardly around four or five years old then. The conductor was so used to seeing me hop on to the bus and get down at the same place, that he never asked any questions. The strangest part is, he never asked for a ticket either! – Randeep Hooda
