“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”

I don’t do films because they tell a particular kind of story, I do films with stories that touch me.

When I was new, I didn’t know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.

Badminton is like ballet dancing. It requires a lot of control, strength, mind play and measured movement

I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.

Indian film awards lack credibility.

Box office figures are not something that can decide the success of a film on its own, but they are one of the many yardsticks that help me measure how well a film has been received.

The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement.

I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.

Losing someone we love, or the fear of losing someone we love one day is a difficult experience and we can all relate to it. None of us are an exception to this reality.

I do what I feel is right. I do not fear to walk on a new path and take risk.

The truth is that no matter how many retakes you do, each will be different and that is the nature of any creative medium. There’s no such thing as perfection.

Mammootty sir is an idol for me.. His uniqueness in developing characters is quite amazing

I would love to work with Salman. We have a great tuning so if we work together, it will be great fun. But till the time we don’t get a good script, a script that excites both of us, we can’t work together.

I enjoy thelove I receive from my fans and my audience. But I think I know what is realfor me and what is not.

I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.

The rule I have when choosing films is the excitement factor, I need to feel excited about the story and whatever message the film has – only then do I sign on the dotted line.

It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.

Don’t discuss your dreams. Pursue them!

Funny that all of Nixon’s crimes – anonymous campaign cash, wiretapping, undeclared wars – are all legal now. Discuss.

What were you two doing last night, discussing the national debt?

As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.

It was a strange combination to absorb – the everyday concerns of the town doctor stuck in the middle of a discussion of his early days in seventeenth-century London.

There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.

Technology has given us this wonderful opportunity to have low energy costs. We have to seize that, rather than keep debating and discussing and fighting over it.