Quotes from Randeep Hooda


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Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.


We had a great dramatics department in school, so I did a lot of plays and theatre there. Later, when I was the captain of our student's ward, I figured out that if you find something you really love to do, you don't have to work for the rest of your life! You can just have fun and still excel in it because you enjoy what you do.


I have this soft spot for have-nots. So, I was really inclined to portray their pain and pathos in 'Highway.'


I find solace in animals. I have got a stray dog at home called Candy. I picked it up while I was waiting at the airport one day. I always wanted to have a 'macho' dog but got this sweet little thing instead.


There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.


Love to me has meant different things at different junctures of my life. I'm not a hopeless romantic.


I have made a promise to myself that I will have no limitations as an actor. I have realised I have to pay attention to the commercials or the business aspect of cinema, but deep inside, I am purely an artiste.


I overhaul myself for my roles. Sooner or later, I will get my due.


Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve.


A movie is a mass consumption product. I have got no delusions about being niche. I don't want to be niche. Though in the earlier part of my career I was into niche cinema, doing independent films - and I do have a revolutionary bent of mind - but you cannot make a change from outside; you have to be a part of it.


It's too bad I'm not a flirt. When I'm on the sets, I'm too busy working on my scenes to look at the ladies.


Love is a strange emotion. It is ever evolving. Lust is transient. With time, one realizes that love and togetherness are two different things. Very few people are lucky enough to experience the two emotions simultaneously.


None of us can claim to be fair and square in love - and I'm definitely not a hypocrite! Humans are built to evolve with time. It depends on the nature of the relationship you share with a person. It is there today, tomorrow it may be gone; c'est la vie.


There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.


There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that's wrong. Don't get into a relationship if you can't be honest.


Knowledge is power. You can't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.


February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day.


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.


I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.


Be it Valentine's Day, Father's Day or Mother's Day, I feel all days are reminders of some feelings. February 14 doesn't hold any special relevance for me.