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I think people connect better with TV. stars over film stars.

Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury.

We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now these people also take stars... Without stars they cannot work.

In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak.

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying.

Reality TV has blown away the need for a roster of familiar faces in films. Plus, films became franchise and didn't need stars. But the real difference between stars and celebrities is that stars have training and talent, and celebrities just have exposure.