Success is like a wild horse. If you do not know how to handle it, it will throw you off and look for another rider who can handle it well.
Aren't we all dreamers? It's only because man dreamt of flying that we are travelling in planes. Behind all inventions, we see the dreams of people.
Success is very intoxicating. It is very difficult to handle all the fame and adulation. It corrupts you. You start to believe that everybody around you is in awe of you, that everybody wants you, and that everybody is thinking of you all the time.
I am not in competition with anybody; I just want to be productive.
I don't want the child in me to die. Fortunately, I'm lucky enough that my profession allows me to pursue my boyhood fantasies even as an adult.
I am pretty expressive with my emotions. I don't think something and say something else. I don't know if it's something I should be proud of or to watch out for. Maybe I am not politically correct. I don't know if that's a crime.
No matter how big you are, when you go back home, your family treats you like a normal person.
I believe life is a gift, and I want to live it productively. I am not into this numbers game.
I have a lot of respect for people, and I feel they are far more sensible and responsible than to ape or imitate somebody.
I wanted to be a professional motor racer. It was only due to lack of sponsors that I could not do it.
If you look at it closely, 'Mankatha' is a politically incorrect film. It explores the darker side of the human mind, and I think, while watching it, people are, in a sense, redeeming themselves of their own guilt.
I dropped out of school after my tenth standard. But both my elder brother and younger brother are highly educated.
'Villain' succeeded because we were genuinely working towards a good film. We worked hard and with a lot of conviction.
I have become a fatalist in life, so I don't try to set goals.
I am glad that mankind on the whole are dreamers.
Acting is a learning process. And what you are doing in your early films is essentially picking up the nuances, the tricks of your trade. And somewhere along the line, you become analytical and learn to enjoy what you are doing.
I think I have stopped being nervous about the outcome of a film. The five consecutive flops in 1997 and the five consecutive hits in 1999 have mellowed me in many ways.
Honeymoons are great, but they don't last. And I think the same is true with success on the screen - today, I am all over the place; tomorrow, I may be gone - I may have to make room for someone else. So why make a big song and dance about it all?
When a fan buys a ticket for a cricket match or a movie, he is not worried about the colour, creed, or religion of the person sitting next to him. If you look at any actor's fan base in India, you will find that they are from different regions.
I don't work for the commercial success of the film. I work to satisfy my producers who give me the money. I work to satisfy the director who has written a script for me. Of course, I have to satisfy the actor in me, but I want to satisfy them first.
