Varun Tej

“When I wanted to become an actor, I was afraid to tell it to my parents. But once, my uncle Chiranjeevi said that I have qualities to become a hero. Then, for the first time, I told him that I wanted to be an actor. He said it to my parents, and everyone is happy about it.”

“It's tough to do comedy. After 'Mister', my inhibitions with respect to comedy have come down.”

“When I met Ram Charan, he told me not to worry about how much my films make. After 'Magadheera,' people began expecting big things from him. So he did films to keep up to that expectation. He advised me to not fall into that trap.”

“I like my privacy. I was completely okay when people didn't recognise me.”

“I would score well, though I was not studious. I was a naughty kid, but not many know that fact.”

“Story is the primary factor any day. If I believe that a particular director would do justice to it, I will accept an offer.”

“When I was doing 'Kanche,' a lot of my well-wishers and friends in the industry suggested that I concentrate on doing commercial films.”

“My directors feel that, because of my height, I look better in action sequences.”

“I intend to keep reinventing myself both as a performer and also in terms of my looks for as long as possible.”

“My father is genuine and frank. I don't have to say that, because everybody knows it.”

“I'd rather be called a good actor than be labelled a good-looking guy. I have been working towards it all along, and I hope to be able to go far ahead, because that's my foremost goal.”

“We, as a team, failed with 'Mister,' as the film failed in many aspects. I clearly know that my fans were deeply hurt, and that is the reason I told them during the audio launch that I will only do films that suit my age and image.”

“I came out of the failure of 'Mister' rather fast. It took me just three days.”

“I can do anything I want with the rest of my body, but the face is something I've inherited. I should thank my parents for it.”

“While love stories at the end of the day, honestly speaking, do not vary a lot in their plots, it is their treatment that separates one from the other.”

“Right from my first movie, I have tried hard to make sure I am not typecast.”

“Whenever I used to watch Hollywood films, I used to feel, when would Tollywood make such films?”

“Ram Gopal Varma is a great filmmaker, but I don't know what satisfaction he gets from his tweets. I think he wakes up every day with an idea to play with someone's mind.”

“I have had people telling me that they liked my screen presence and my voice, so I guess that's my strength.”

“I'm a big time foodie, and at one point of time, I used to weight nearly 125 kilos, and then I lost a lot of weight.”