While waiting for the film to release did you not feel disillusioned with the industry? Did you feel like giving up?
I was just hoping that the film releases fast. There is an element of frustration that comes in while you are waiting -- sitting at home and just waiting for your film to release. I went through that but then I am generally a positive person by nature and that kept me going.
I felt whenever the time is right the film will release. I don't belong to the film industry and I knew I am not going to get some 20 opportunities to prove myself to be an actor or a star. I was quite realistic about Hazaaron not getting me any commercial success. I knew critical acclaim is possible. All I wanted from Hazaaron was a commercial film that I got eventually.
All the directors I have worked with want to repeat me. It's me who decides whether I want to work with them or not. Some directors -- who I know I won't work with them -- say in their interviews, 'I don't want to cast Shiney.' But have you asked Shiney if he wants to work with you? It's like me saying I will never work with Steven Spielberg.
Is the negativity around you the reason you get irritated and shut yourself?
Yes it is one of the reasons I shut myself. It's hard to concentrate on your work otherwise and that's pretty much the intention of people who do this. I am not willing to give this up for anything. There is nothing that comes between my work and me. Nothing. Everybody around me knows that. That's common between my director Sudhir Mishra and me. I don't come between him and his shot. And there is nothing that can come between my performance and me.
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