Even if Rajkummar Rao decides he will do only two films a year, the “greedy” actor says he cannot let go of a good script as everyone is replaceable in the film industry.

Last year, Rajkummar had as many as six releases, including Trapped, Bareilly Ki Barfi and Newton. The actor began 2018 with Hansal Mehta’s Omerta, followed by Fanney Khan, with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anil Kapoor, and is geared up for his third release, Stree, a horror comedy directed by Amar Kaushik.

The actor said he finds it impossible to refuse a good film and hence ends up doing it. “Whenever I think I’m going to do two films a year, I get another wonderful story, like Stree, and I’m like wow! Everybody is replaceable, nobody is irreplaceable here. If I’m going to say no to it because I want to do two films a year and sit at home, someone else will,” he said. “I am a greedy actor, I want all the scripts to come to me. So I do all the good films which come my way, even if it means I’ll rest a little less.”

It is not that the 33-year-old actor has not turned down a project, but whenever he has he has been honest about it.

“I’ve said no to some important people and they were kind and sweet to understand where I was coming from,” he said. “Somehow I couldn’t see myself in those scripts. It’s important to say ‘no’ and say it rightly. My mantra is to be honest about it.”

For Rajkummar, who made his debut in 2010 with Dibakar Banerjee’s Love Sex Aur Dhokha, almost everything fell into place last year where he got a chance to perform in films ranging from comedy, romance, drama to thriller. And he said that over the years, he has learnt that he cannot land films by “networking”.

“There’s no formula to success. No formula that you go to filmy parties and you might get work, or do some networking. All that doesn’t matter anymore, it’s your work which speaks. I still believe that. My work has to speak. I can’t do networking, I can’t go to parties… I’d rather work on my craft because I’m still not sure of my craft. I still get nervous before I start a new film.”