Bollywood's serial kisser actor Emraan Hashmi cleared the air when it came to his image. Hashmi has always played a sweet lover boy on screen and has romanced his ladies with loads of passion. Riding high on the success of 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbai', Hashmi seems to have freed himself with tag of being a serial kisser on screen.

'Once Upon A Time In Mumbai' has given him the chance to show his true potential as an actor. Hashmi also understands the fact that often the expectations of the audiences can have a stress on the lives of the actors. Hashmi feels that once a movie fares well at the box office it does add to ones advantage.

Hashmi chose films which were bold in terms of the subject and he was soon getting typecast ed. Hashmi has realized that to be an actor one need to break free of the image and take risks in life.

Hashmi is also open to try films of different genres as he loves experimenting and wants to widen his horizons. In Dibakar Banerjee's latest, Hashmi plays a man with a paunch while in Murder-2 the subject matter is quite bold.

Hashmi is a married man but as he is part of the showbiz business so he tries to keep his family life separate from all of these.Hashmi added that he has successfully managed to balance both in his life. Hashmi also feels that though success boosts one's ego but at the end of the day one must try to be humble.