March 6, 2017
Actor Aamir Khan, often known as Bollywood's Mr
Perfectionist, says he is "totally indisciplined" in real life, but his work
brings out the discipline in him.
The actor-producer on Monday launched
his friend and filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani's pilot wife-turned-author Manjeet
Hirani's book titled "How To Be Human" here.
The book talks about how
people can learn from animals around them. In the book, Manjeet has mentioned
how her pet dog Buddy Hirani is very disciplined when it comes to his diet.
On discipline in his own life, Aamir told the media: "Actually, I am not
disciplined at all. I am totally indisciplined. The only thing that gets me to
be disciplined is my work so if I was not an actor and not in this field, I
would have been most indisciplined person.
"The only reason I am
disciplined is because my work requires me to be so. Otherwise, I am not
disciplined. I know it's very hard for people to imagine that... But this is the
fact and people who are close to me know that and they know how indisciplined I
am. The only thing is work that pulls me back to track and makes me do what I
have to do."
Aamir, who was the voice of Pluto the dog in Bollywood film
"Dil Dhadakne Do", admits there's a lot people can learn from pets.
"It's
so true that actually we can learn so much not only from our own pets but from
animals around us because they are really less judgmental than we are.
"We are very judgmental on many things and for many reasons which you don't need
to be. Whereas, an animal is also judgmental but on a very few things. They are
judgmental about their survival... Like if a deer is walking in Forest, he would
be judgmental towards a tiger thinking 'He will eat me', whereas we are
judgmental on so many levels all the time."
Aamir also said he rarely
thinks beyond the present.
"I live in the now and I never have long-term
plans. It's always about what I am to do right now."
"I have also
realised that no matter what I am doing right now, my entire focus is on that
one thing -- whether it is eating, meeting somebody, watching a film, shooting a
film or a discussion with someone. Whatever I am doing at time, I am fully into
that.
"Nothing else distracts me from that. So, for me it comes
naturally. I don't think of the future. Sometimes I multitask when I need to,
but I don't enjoy that," he added.