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Failure affects me hard.
I would like to do movies of all genres.
I will continue to do films that excite me.
All I believe in is, you need to be yourself.
I enjoyed working on 'Maheshinte Prathikaram.'
I want to entertain viewers as much as possible.
I don't expect to win awards while working in films.
I believe that anyone with a bit of guidance can act.
I will happily sit at home and take care of the house.
I am not affected or carried away by success or failure.
All I want to do is to make movies that are appealing to people.
What I look for in a project is whether the storyline excites me.
When you are talking about human emotions, stardom doesn't matter.
I love the forest. It is the place where you hear yourself better.
I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.
I feel that entertainment happens when fact and fiction is balanced.
Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.
When I choose the scripts, all I look forward to is an impressive narration.
My father hasn't backed me in any way, and I don't think anybody has backed me.
Offscreen, I'm a private person. I'm shy and don't know how to face the public.
For me, 'Diamond Necklace' is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour.
Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.
Working with Thiagarajan Kumararaja in 'Super Deluxe' was absolutely mind-blowing.
Roles don't fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.
I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.
I am a bad boy. I don't come across clearly to a lot of people, so I am bad for them.
People often ask whether marriage has changed me. I didn't marry because I had to change.
I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.
I like movies made by Spike Lee - doing those films out of the U.S., that is really daring.
It is easier to produce a film on your own than convincing another person to come on board.
If I had my way, I want to do 15 films in a year, but I have realised I cannot physically do that.
I listened to the script of 'Carbon' at the end of 2014. I liked it the moment I heard it. I wanted to do it.
I try to choose characters that don't remind the audience of my previous roles. I make a conscious effort for that.
The characters I portray are an extension of what I've seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how I understand life.
If I do a film, I go to the place where it is based on, interact with people, and then, I believe, you pick up things without you even noticing.
I wasn't really sure about the kind of films I wanted to be a part of. That's when I saw 'Aaranya Kaandam.' I was stunned; it was such a stylish film.
In Malayalam, I can improvise, and acting is easy because I think in Malayalam, but for 'Velaikkaran,' I had to prepare for a role, which is a first for me.
I have been fortunate to collaborate with people who have been open to discussion. If I tell them something, they have always explained to me why they want it the other way.
My films may not have a great opening, but I am not bothered about it. Whatever the numbers be, I want those viewers who come for my films to be excited about watching the movie.
The less people know about you, the more you understand how beautiful life is. It's good when you exist only on screen. I don't want them to take me home. I love to have my privacy.
Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.
My thought process is in Malayalam. So, every time I have to work outside Malayalam, the process is a little stressful. I have to translate my Malayalam thoughts into English and back to Tamil.
There are two kinds of films: the ones that are devoid of logic but can still hijack the audience, and those that can win them over with logic. Both kinds can succeed, and I like to work in both.
It's the failure of my debut film which made me an actor, which made me want to succeed in the industry. But that doesn't mean I regret whatever choices I've made over the years. No, not even 'Kaiyethum Doorathu!'
As an actor, you create a character from your understanding of what you have heard and your observations. Eventually, every film is an extension of the images that I have seen or what I have heard or read somewhere.
I've done only things I've liked, and I'm happy that others have liked them, too. I hope it keeps going that way. But l would never want to do films which please just one set of audience; they should connect with everyone.
I have always maintained that the audience should take a call on this. Its up to them to decide whether they want to see a pirated version or not. They should understand the effort and amount of hard work that go into a film.
When I listen to a basic thought, I try to visualise the cinema in it. Sometimes it is dark, sometimes boyish, sometimes amateurish. It is a trial and error method. But the bottom line is that I want to entertain the audience.
The closest encounter I had with films in my childhood was sitting on the lap of my father at a shooting set, and he would say 'rain,' and it started raining, and then he would say 'song,' and people started dancing. I thought I was sitting on God's lap.
Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and then he will try to break that and rebuild it. That, to me, is filmmaking. Every scene is constructed after a lot of discussions.