Despite having many acclaimed roles to his credit, Manoj Bajpayee feels that the film industry has yet to tap his potential.

“The industry has not utilised even 20 per cent of my potential,” claims the actor, who started the year with an amazing performance in Special Chabbis.

The 44-year-old actor, who will be seen in a negative role in Prakash Jha’s film Satyagraha, says he is done with negative roles for a while.

In the interview with Sonil Dedhia, Bajpayee confesses that money is a priority while signing films and that it’s difficult to stay away from his toddler daughter because of work commitments.

This is the fourth time you are working with Prakash Jha (Rajneeti, Aarakshan, Chakravyuh and Satyagraha). Do you take things for granted when you are shooting because you are comfortable with him?

I don’t take anything for granted from any director. I am just a slave of my director.

In fact, I am a hired slave (laughs). I hear the director, understand his vision and try to enhance it.

You are pitted opposite Amitabh Bachchan for the third time (Aks, Aarakshan and Satyagraha). How does it feel playing his antithesis each time?

In an Amitabh Bachchan film, there’s no other role that is better than his. In such a situation, it’s only the negative role that is as good as his so it’s best to go for the negative!

But jokes apart, these roles were written very carefully be it in Aks, Aarakshan or even for that matter Satyagraha.