Bobby Deol

Before the release of Poster Boys last year, you took a four-year break. Why did you do so?
Although, it was made to look like that, the long break wasn't planned. People said things like, "He's happy, or he has a lot of money, so, why would he need to work? He's lazy." But, that's not true. I realised [late] that work would not come to me at home, as it used to. I now needed to go out to get it. I stopped looking after myself. As actors, we have to maintain our body. Slowly, I started to hit a low, and suddenly, I was losing everything. I started pitying myself and drank every day. Alcohol is nice, but you shouldn't overdo it. It takes away your pain for the moment, but, the next day, you wake up with a headache, and the pain is still there [laughs]. But, thankfully, all that is behind me. I have started believing in myself, and I am an actor who is raring to go. I don't want to sit at home for even a single day.