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.

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

I have made all my monies through cinema.

Producing a film is not an easy job at all.

Many Tamil heroes have a good market in Telugu.

I have always loved cricket since childhood.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.