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“I am never disappointed in life in not getting any awards: it is the movies which keep me going, not the awards.”
“Yes, I have had more commercial success in Malayalam but that doesn't mean I can't do with more in Tamil.”
“I started learning dancing when I was three years old, and I started modelling when I was eleven years old.”
“I want to leave a deep impact of my acting in people's mind.”
“Kerala audience is different because their expectations are very high.”
“The Hegelian dynamic plays out daily on and off the film sets - women are not lesser beings, but because they are assumed to be, they are subjected to inferior conditions. And this inferiority projects itself through the feeling of weakness and subjugation.”
“I am not revolutionary or experimental, but I am curious and love to explore and indulge in life.”
“It's not only the story and the script that matter to me but also the people whom I work with.”
“I have acted in 20 films in various languages and won 13 awards for my acting skills.”
“Tamil has given me an experience that's extremely rich from Vishnu's Pattiyal' to Chimbudevan's Irrumbakottai,' to even a small significant role in Ram's Thangameengal.'”
“Apart from being an actor, I'm an academician. I wanted to pursue something with which I could bring about a change in society.”
“I want to be the Guru Dutt of the world.”
“In any language, I would like to do my best!”
“I'm greedy for good films, and will test waters in new territories as long as I get to satiate that greed.”
“'Striker' is a story of the human spirit triumphing over all odds.”
“I have not tried enough to be in Bollywood.”
“Item numbers are a different ball game altogether. I feel no one in Mollywood has the guts or skill to film an item song, without making it look vulgar, as Amal Neerad can.”
“I would love to do Malayalam films.”
“I've always been a part of theatre.”
“If I am destined to do more Telugu films, I will.”