Kay Kay Menon

“Award functions are a big sham. It's a money-making television programme.”

“Bollywood is an industry that is closer to making more entertainment-based films than anything else because people here are bothered about money.”

“Life is too short to hold regrets. Once it's done, you cannot regret it.”

“A simple love story can be made into an interesting film if the film-maker can think differently.”

“I was constantly on stage in school, and even while I was pursuing my MBA, I knew that I wanted to eventually become an actor.”

“Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.”

“Films are a long process and the script is the first part.”

“As an actor, I like my films to be believable.”

“Every human being has a plethora of emotions. As an actor, we are lucky to take them out and portray onscreen. But in normal life you can't do that. That is the charm of leading an actor's life.”

“Terrorism is not a sign of courage. It means cowardice.”

“As a kid you can sense fear, love happiness very easily.”

“I believe the era of Amitabh Bachchan is not going to come back. He is the last star that we have.”

“The city has given me space to think and that is one thing I love about Pune.”

“It does not mean that in the process of a small screen, I do small acting, or if I do a big screen project, I do big acting. For the actor, it does not matter.”

“I sift through the scripts offered to me and see what is worth attempting, because I think there is no point in wasting your time in doing something which you are not too keen on. I try and do whatever I feel interested in.”

“I feel the dams of emotions open up more easily when one is acting.”

“Yes, I am extremely choosy. You decide whether to do a film or not only after you meet and talk to the film-maker. Only someone who thinks out of the box excites me.”

“No two love stories are the same though the love factor might be the same.”

“People assume that displaying your own personal ego on screen is called acting, which is actually not what acting is about.”

“Preparing for roles sounds so academic, doesn't it? It feels as if you are preparing for an examination! In a creative medium, the preparation is of an entirely different kind, and for me, the ideas flow from the script itself.”