My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can. – Ranbir Kapoor
People feel that I became an actor because I am from a film family and that my parents were actors. But actually, the only reason I wanted to become an actor was to get away from studies. – Ranbir Kapoor
As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say, ‘Don’t write about this.’ I am an actor; I am a public property. I don’t own myself; public owns me. – Ranbir Kapoor
What really matters is your movies and how good a person you are. Otherwise, tabloids and news channels writing about you only builds your curiosity and stardom and propels you to reach wider places. – Ranbir Kapoor
I was never a bright student, potentially never good at dramatics; I was sometimes given one-line roles that I was happy to do so that I could bunk classes. My mother used to cry three times a year, and that is when my report card used to come. – Ranbir Kapoor
The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, ‘At least this is something for which I won’t have to study.’ But I’ve realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he’s doing and about what’s going on around him. The moment you think you’ve nailed it, you’re dead. – Ranbir Kapoor
I like conflict – someone who challenges me, someone who I can look up to, someone who can keep me in check. Love has to be extraordinary; otherwise, there’s no point in it. I just haven’t met anyone who’s made me feel that way. – Ranbir Kapoor
I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done. – Ranbir Kapoor
I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work. – Ranbir Kapoor
Today, the paparazzi are not just photographers: everyone has a cell phone with a camera. If they see an actor, they click pictures to show it to their friends or have it on their phones and, as an actor, I don’t see anything wrong with it. Having said that, there is a limit that has been crossed, but there is nothing right or wrong. – Ranbir Kapoor
I’m really close to my mother. She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister. She gave up her career. Whatever I am today is due to the values my mother instilled in me. – Ranbir Kapoor
I think, for a love story, the most important element is the music, since you don’t have action sequences or item numbers. It really draws in the audience and adds to at least 70 percent of the opening of the movie. – Ranbir Kapoor
I don’t think I will go for an arranged marriage, but I am not against arranged marriages. – Ranbir Kapoor
I don’t think you can force a moral opinion or you can force something through a Bollywood film. – Ranbir Kapoor
I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy. – Ranbir Kapoor
Movies are a director’s medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn’t do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well. – Ranbir Kapoor
We, after a certain age, after college, are so consumed about what we want to achieve in life, and we fiercely are ambitious and we go after that, but sometimes we tend to take all our loved and dear ones for granted. – Ranbir Kapoor
I believe in the institution of marriage, but one can’t fix a time for it. Please don’t predict it for me. – Ranbir Kapoor
To be honest, the core reason why I became an actor was that I didn’t want to go to school. That’s where it started. I hated opening my history books and my English books, but then, of course, you grow older. I went to film school in New York, and that’s when you really realize that you have to grow up now. It’s not child’s play anymore. – Ranbir Kapoor
