I don't know diplomacy and that's why I am in trouble all the time," John says, flashing a smile.
"If it is in my heart, I would prefer to say it, rather than give a diplomatic answer," he continues. "I don't like fighting, but I always say the truth."
And so we ask him to spill the beans about his latest film, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, which hits the marquee on November 23.
Text: Syed Firdaus Ashraf | Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
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