I Won't Do Roles That Set The Wrong Example'

'I won't do anything I don't believe in just for money.'

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He was the most difficult star to interview, and yet the easiest.

Once he trusted a person Salman Khan surrendered himself completely.

Having interacted with him earlier I knew the mask of diffident arrogance was just that.

Throughout the interview Salman was like a restless meteor zooming in and out of his thought processes as rapidly as his feet took him from one corner of the room to another.

"Awards don't concern me. I do one film and I move on to the next. My award is the success of my films," Salman said in this throwback interview.

Though the media was largely hostile, audiences welcomed your new films.

I don't think the general public actually believes everything that's written about me. No matter what the crisis, I am always supported by my fans.

One doesn’t have to shout from the rooftops to prove one is a good guy.

Everything is going right for you. Then why do you sound so unhappy?

We're all born with unhappiness. That's the one 'given' of existence. In school you get constantly berated by the teacher, you get out for a while, play cricket and feel better.

Then you land up with a wretched job, marry a woman whom things aren't okay with, worry about your children... People you love leave and die.

I was so shocked when Director Anant Balani died. I did my second film with him. He was a dear friend and I lost touch with him.

One of my schoolteachers also passed away recently. I wish I had met him. He used to beat me in school but I knew he intended well for me.

Has your career suffered a setback because of your legal problems?

Do I look like a jobless actor? If my career was in trouble, why would Sanjay Bhansali and Sooraj Barjatya come to me again?

Why would Raj Kumar Santoshi want to work with me?

They are probably as suicidal as you are?