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Honeymoons are great, but they don't last. And I think the same is true with success on the screen - today, I am all over the place; tomorrow, I may be gone - I may have to make room for someone else. So why make a big song and dance about it all?

I have a lot of respect for people, and I feel they are far more sensible and responsible than to ape or imitate somebody.

Acting is a learning process. And what you are doing in your early films is essentially picking up the nuances, the tricks of your trade. And somewhere along the line, you become analytical and learn to enjoy what you are doing.

I don't want to put up this act of being a voracious reader, which I am not.

No matter how big you are, when you go back home, your family treats you like a normal person.

I was the first person from my family to enter films. So, everything connected with films was new to me, including fans and fan clubs.

All my cop/gangster dramas have been spaced out, but somewhere, the films in which I played the bad guy were extremely successful, so people are under the impression that I play only such roles. I call it selective amnesia.

I have been offered obscene amounts to do commercials and stage shows abroad, but as a matter of principle, I am against them.

I have absolutely no political ambitions.

Let stars choose what causes they want to endorse without making it an issue of loyalty to the state or country.

I love doing stunts, though I have to be careful with my back. As for dances, somehow I am uncomfortable doing them. I lack grace.

I would not say I was not interested in studies - it just wasn't there in me to pursue academics. I would open a page in the textbook and start thinking about everything under the sun except what was there in the book. I was more into extra-curricular activities and sports like NCC, rifle shooting, aero-modelling, bike racing, etc.

I know that there are people in the industry who praise me in person and then stab me in the back.

Filmmaking, I often like to say, is like Russian roulette. You never know what you'll get. The only thing you can do is find solace in the fact that, irrespective of the film's response, you work hard to make the money you do.

I wanted to be a professional motor racer. It was only due to lack of sponsors that I could not do it.

I grew up a Tamilian.

I am pretty expressive with my emotions. I don't think something and say something else. I don't know if it's something I should be proud of or to watch out for. Maybe I am not politically correct. I don't know if that's a crime.

I dropped out of school after my tenth standard. But both my elder brother and younger brother are highly educated.

I rarely give interviews. I am against doing television interviews or chatting on the Net, even to promote my films. This is my personal decision, and it is not to hurt or embarrass anybody.

I'm not satisfied with the progress of the work, but I am happy that the talks are going on. It might have a negative effect if the United States joins.

I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is.

We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties.

I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people.

When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks.

We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion.