Ajith Kumar

“I have become a fatalist in life, so I don't try to set goals.”

“I have a lot of respect for people, and I feel they are far more sensible and responsible than to ape or imitate somebody.”

“I believe life is a gift, and I want to live it productively. I am not into this numbers game.”

“Success is like a wild horse. If you do not know how to handle it, it will throw you off and look for another rider who can handle it well.”

“Acting is a learning process. And what you are doing in your early films is essentially picking up the nuances, the tricks of your trade. And somewhere along the line, you become analytical and learn to enjoy what you are doing.”

“Success is very intoxicating. It is very difficult to handle all the fame and adulation. It corrupts you. You start to believe that everybody around you is in awe of you, that everybody wants you, and that everybody is thinking of you all the time.”

“I don't want the child in me to die. Fortunately, I'm lucky enough that my profession allows me to pursue my boyhood fantasies even as an adult.”

“I know that there are people in the industry who praise me in person and then stab me in the back.”

“I wanted to be a professional motor racer. It was only due to lack of sponsors that I could not do it.”

“I don't work for the commercial success of the film. I work to satisfy my producers who give me the money. I work to satisfy the director who has written a script for me. Of course, I have to satisfy the actor in me, but I want to satisfy them first.”

“If you look at it closely, 'Mankatha' is a politically incorrect film. It explores the darker side of the human mind, and I think, while watching it, people are, in a sense, redeeming themselves of their own guilt.”

“I would not say I was not interested in studies - it just wasn't there in me to pursue academics. I would open a page in the textbook and start thinking about everything under the sun except what was there in the book. I was more into extra-curricular activities and sports like NCC, rifle shooting, aero-modelling, bike racing, etc.”

“When a fan buys a ticket for a cricket match or a movie, he is not worried about the colour, creed, or religion of the person sitting next to him. If you look at any actor's fan base in India, you will find that they are from different regions.”

“Filmmaking, I often like to say, is like Russian roulette. You never know what you'll get. The only thing you can do is find solace in the fact that, irrespective of the film's response, you work hard to make the money you do.”

“I don't want to put up this act of being a voracious reader, which I am not.”

“I have absolutely no political ambitions.”

“I was the first person from my family to enter films. So, everything connected with films was new to me, including fans and fan clubs.”

“I have been offered obscene amounts to do commercials and stage shows abroad, but as a matter of principle, I am against them.”

“I am glad that mankind on the whole are dreamers.”

“I rarely give interviews. I am against doing television interviews or chatting on the Net, even to promote my films. This is my personal decision, and it is not to hurt or embarrass anybody.”