"Success can also be more dangerous than failure. When you find yourself successful, you are feeling that you're doing everything right. So, failure can teach you numerous. I just believe in 'Go out and do your best, '" Shahid told.
After Vishal Bharadwaj's hit film "Kaminey" by which he featured in a double role opposite Priyanka Chopra, Shahid was seen in "Dil Bole Hadippa!", "Chance Pe Dance", "Paathshaala", "Badmaash Company", "Milenge Milenge" and "Mausam". Alas, none of them generated good business.
Now he'll again be seen with Priyanka, his rumoured former girlfriend, in Kunal Kohli's "Teri Meri Kahaani". He's hopeful their chemistry will work for the film, which he says is diametrically different from "Kaminey".
"I think the audience really liked me and her (Priyanka) in 'Kaminey'. It's usually fun working together with her. This film may be very much different from 'Kaminey' and nothing will look similar, " he said.
At first, Shahid thought "Teri Meri Kahaani", which depicts a love story in three different eras, was about reincarnation. However the director put his doubts to rest.
"One day over coffee, Kunal said he had an idea which he really loved, however it was not developed. It was only a one-line story. He told me it'd be an entertaining love story with the similar two actors in three different time periods, " Shahid said.
"I, however, had reservations about doing a reincarnation film. Kunal assured me that it might be a romantic comedy. I DISCOVERED that interesting. I USED TO BE not skeptical before signing the film because it is a quite simple film. It isn't complicated at all, " he added.
Out of the 3 eras, Shahid personally enjoyed playing the nature of a Muslim boy named Javed.
"When Kunal said we're ranging from the 1910s, I told him: 'It's so boring, the pre-independence era is like going back to history class.' Kunal briefed me in regards to the character and said he's probably the most misbehaved character of that era.
"His name is Javed and his only job is to select up women. I TRULY enjoyed playing Javed's version, " Shahid said.
"Teri Meri Kahaani" will release June 22.
During the film's shooting, reports indicated that Shahid and Priyanka shared a chilly war at the sets. But Shahid says he remains unaffected with such speculations.
"I don't care for these situations. I just allow them to go. Just ignore this news and move on. These reports don't bother me, " he said.
But asked about his favourite female co-star from a bouquet as diverse as Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Amrita Rao, Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan, he responded: "Do you think that I CAN answer this question? Not for million bucks!"
"My funda isn't choose from women, " Shahid said as he flashed his dimpled smile.
