“I call myself a sponge because I kept my senses open in order to learn more. I did not keep knocking for an opportunity but when the doors opened, I did not say no to the opportunities either. I had the urge to take the best from everyone around me. I was thankfully surrounded by connoisseurs like Ebrahim Alkazi, Adi Marzban, Plitz Dinovit and so on and I learnt the best from them all,” says Mehta at Loksatta Idea Exchange event in Mumbai.