A biography for Kay Kay Menonhasn’t been written yet.
“I never do roles, I play people.”
“There are things apart from films that inspire me. I play a lot of sports and love it. It is the only field where you can't become a star without actual performance.”
“Content films necessary don't go by the content, they go by the emotions. Content films are about content whether you want to portray the content or sell it through humour, through seriousness, is a choice of the filmmaker.”
“I had these false ambitions - marketing and MBA. I didn't do very badly at it, but I realised my calling was something else.”
“I have expertise of performing, not promoting.”
“Vijay Mallya is a star, not an actor. Anybody who lives a lifestyle of that kind, is a star.”
“An actor should not bother about the camera per se, and what kind it is.”
“I am not really attached to my films and work. The film industry is just a small part of my life.”
“People should ask themselves why is it that they want to act.”
“I can't pretend to do something I don't like.”
“I wanted to be an actor since I was just nine-years-old.”
“When I saw 'Lage Raho Munnabhai,' I felt proud be a part of the industry.”
“Art, I've always believed, is more real than life.”
“I find award functions laughable. To me, it is just like an extension of a college annual day function.”
“I like to play non-cardboard characters. I try and bring out the many complex layers in the personality of the characters I play.”
“I get paid to act. I've never acted free for anybody and I'd rather be rewarded than awarded.”
“I keep an open mind when a script is narrated to me.”
“Cinema is not about wearing 'bikni' and showing 'six packs'... All these are secondary.”
“I returned to Pune in the 90s to do my MBA from the University of Pune as in that period there were not many MBA institutes in the city!”
“I think every Indian knows how to play cricket.”