Quotes

I was the youngest of three, so simply copied my older brothers. It made life very easy. We wore the same yellow jumpers that our grandmother knitted, went to the same school, laughed at the same jokes, and supported the same football team.

I have had girlfriends, but nothing to go public on. I recently worked out that I have only been single for about six months of my life. Since I was 18 I have gone from one long-term relationship to the next. I am not unhappy.

One of my life principles is that if something isn't working, doing something harder isn't necessarily going to produce the same result.

Even though it's my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God.

Committing yourself to some kind of job that isn't committed to God is going to bring so much trouble into your life. It's not good and not something I would suggest that someone seek.

You've got to love what you do. You've got to like doing it, because it is a lot of your life.

I don't know how many bands I saw who would try to wreck a hotel room, but I never wrecked a hotel room in my life! If I'm gonna sit there and throw a TV out the window... if it's a good TV, maybe I should just take it home.

I'm not a fan of small talk but if you want to get into the big questions of life - your deepest regret, your greatest joy - then we're going to have a great chat.

I started mixing my real life stories into my stand-up, and on stage it's much more powerful.

Someone once told me... 'Anh believe in your dreams!' I always have and always will, and I think that if you follow your dreams in life, you really can live an amazing life.

You go to Florence and all the paintings you've seen in books are there. To see them in real life, it just blows your mind.

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

I've been a long time coming, and I'll be a long time gone. You've got your whole life to do something, and that's not very long.

Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice.

I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself, and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically, uh-uh. No.

The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society.

For me, the stronger ground I have in my personal life, then the more will I have to fight the good fight.

When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my writing is that 'just say it' attitude of my songs. There really is nothing personal or private; it's all universal, if you can just find the courage to be open about your life.

Having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because it's nice to have a little more job security in life now.

There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future.

In personal life, I'm quite a shy person and keep things to myself.

I was told that the 'Kolaveri' kind of success happens just once in a lifetime. So, I just cherish it.

I barely know what my plans are for tomorrow, but I hope chess will remain a major part of my life.

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

My work is not about my life history. It's not about the story of my neurosis.