The title 'Vaisakham' sounds so good because it's a pure Telugu title. When I watched the trailer, it became clear to me that it's a pucca commercial movie.

I feel bad to keep someone hanging. So if I'm not inclined to do a film, I am forthright about my decision.

When people are successful, they usually become lazy.

I got a lot of exposure because of 'Eega,' as the film was released in Tamil, Hindi, and Malayalam.

'Jolly LLB' is one of my favorite movies. Courtroom films are rare to come by in Telugu.

People say I pick good films. Rather, good filmmakers choose me. The directors come to me, and I thank them for their trust in me.

If you do something mechanically for years to come, you tend to think that is life, but put yourself in a totally bizarre location, and you tend to discover so many aspects of yourself and life in general.

I love Krishna Vamsi very much as a director, and after working with him, I also started to like him personally.

I was a huge Kamal Haasan fan, but not really a die-hard wackadoo.

I personally like melodies. And Mani Sharma garu is the Melody Brahma.

With one film after another becoming a hit, nervousness only grows.

I am not in a position to play in action films bashing hundreds of goons with one hand. I feel I am not really fit for high-voltage action films.

Acting is my world. Acting is my life.

I still belong to a middle class family; middle class is a mindset than your financial status.

I don't consider myself an image-driven actor. I believe audiences come to watch my films because they are entertaining and not because of my image.

Since I still think of myself as a middle class guy, people get to see that side of me in films like 'Middle Class Abbayi.'

I usually surface on social media only when there's a film.

I always think of myself as an audience first. If I like something, my assumption is that others, too, will like it.

Sometimes, you have to take a stand; you cannot make everyone happy.

Trash my acting and my films. But don't gossip about my personal life.

I usually don't let any kind of pressure bother me.

Usually, I get the jitters before a release, and my whole system crashes. I can barely eat or sleep.

If you don't like a film or do a film out of obligation in a comfortable zone, it would be very painful, but when you do something with passion, interest, and belief in it, it excites you.

I'd dream of assisting Gautham Menon after watching 'Kaakha Kaakha.'

I never saw myself as an actor. I neither had the looks nor the backing required to be an actor.

When it comes to 'Ala Modalaindi,' I was impressed with the storyline narrated by Nandini, the director of the film.

If someone comes with an interesting script where the negative role suits me, I will definitely take it up.

In the real world, most criminals and powerful persons look lean and use only their mind. Only in films we see villains with a six-pack.

My biggest fear is that I might end up doing a film which I might regret at a later point of time.

When someone tells me I would be perfect for a certain role, I know that it's within my comfort zone. And there's hardly any fun there.

There will always be some people who won't like you, and there's nothing one can do about it.

I don't want to regret doing something that I don't believe in.

I have always loved cricket since childhood.

Many Tamil heroes have a good market in Telugu.

Producing a film is not an easy job at all.

I have made all my monies through cinema.

I have been to Tirupathi more than I have ever been to my grandpa's place. Every Telugu is a Tirupathi guy!

I am not against it if someone does homework or workshops, but I came to the industry without any proper training. So I go according to what the director narrates to me.

Once the scene is over, I come out of it. I don't carry the character with me for long as many actors do.

The gaming world isn't filled only with violence and depravity. In fact, it's mostly enchanting.

The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time.

No human quality belongs to only one class of person. We all get to be both aggressive and loving. We all get to delight in our careers and revel in our children. We're all kind and brave, soft and hard, sciency and artsy, interested in being looked at and in admiring others' physical form. Everything.

People who were always hardbodies love that competitive style of team-sports activity: they come up with timers and fitness contests and personal bests. But for the vast majority of people, competition in exercise is not fun. It's no fun to compete if you know you can never win.

Utopias and dystopias can exist side by side, even in the same moment. Which one you're in depends entirely on your point of view.

Gaming is our cultural bogeyman - we blame it for everything from child obesity to violence to short attention spans. But any explanation that fits every situation ultimately explains nothing.

I am someone who really would like to see more women in government, but Palin makes me cringe every time I hear about her.

If gaming were seen as an art, the important question would be not whether games are good for us but whether they are good, full stop.

I really hope that men read 'The Power' and watch 'The Handmaid's Tale' and read 'The Handmaid's Tale.'

I think when I was 7, at school they got us all to write the story of Joseph and his brothers. I got a bit carried away and wrote 12 pages - everybody else wrote a page. The teacher was so impressed by it that she put it up on the wall for parents' evening. I thought, 'Oh, this is something that I really like that I also seem to be quite good at.'

Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed your book, and, as anyone who has taken part in a book group will know, half the fun is in ripping a book you haven't liked to shreds.