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“Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us back on track.”
“I surrender to my directors. I do that because I respect them immensely. In fact, a director's talent scares me. I admit that they're more intelligent than me, and I submit to that, as an assistant director does. Even when I have suggestions to make, I don't state them strongly.”
“I am not bothered about my career graph, as I am someone who doesn't believe in planning things.”
“I'm self-taught. Even today, on the sets, I probe the lightmen, the stunt artistes... they are from a period I've not seen; I can visualise it through them.”
“Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.”
“Education is a basic necessity.”
“To be honest, many of my well-wishers want me to play the solo lead in films. Maybe, it's time to think about it. In fact, I have cut down on signing up multi-starrer films.”
“I prepare my style of biriyani by sauting sliced onion, tomato, green chilli, ginger garlic and add required water and rice. If I end up adding a tad too much of salt, I used to add curd to balance it.”
“In feature films, I used to be the hero's friend, a regular character. In short films, I played the hero; I got roles where I could work on my character and performance. They made me aware of myself as an actor.”
“Politicians are dividing us based on caste lines.”
“If I am ever forced to choose between my identity as a Tamilian and an award from the central government, I will choose the former.”
“I was active on Facebook for a while, responding to comments and thanking fans for their appreciation. But I found that the Facebook feed was numbing my emotions. I'd see an extraordinarily tragic news item, and even before I could react to it, see a hilarious meme right below it. This was confusing me.”
“My father always used to ask me what my aim in life is. I used to tell him I don't have any.”
“Whenever I am shooting in Chennai, I spend most of my time with my wife and kids. Sometimes, I take my kids to the shooting spot, and they just love it.”
“I am always for and with the Tamil people.”
“I don't take any project lightly. Every project is important for me. In fact, every scene in every film is important.”
“I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.”
“I am a bad dancer.”
“All my films have turned out well only because of the director's brilliance, not because of me.”
“The very expectation that an actor loves to experiment becomes a shackle that is difficult to snap out of.”