When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.

Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else.

Beauty is a gift, just like good health or intelligence. The only thing is not to be proud of being beautiful. Because you didn't do anything - it was given to you.

There's this tendency to be held in great esteem if you are judgmental. A sort of moral policing, being opinionated. What right has one to act like judges? What right has one to police another?

Priyadarshan makes good films because he is a good writer.

I generally have confidence in my directors.

For an actor, it is great to have fans.

My roles have given me a lot of satisfaction. I became many individuals who were so different from me and whose experiences were so different from mine. I could experience all their emotions, their pains, their worries, their happiness.

I do all my films happily, and I enjoy every moment of it.

For me, every film is an interesting experience.

Once the director calls for action, we act; we stop when he says 'Cut.' It is sort of like meditation - unknowingly, you are moving out of yourself, becoming someone else. That is why I consider acting a form of meditation.

India has a law. The political parties or the religious heads have no right to control that law.

I was into movies before my graduation results got out. In fact, I was on location of a movie when they came.

I have learned to take things as they come.

We tend to have so many more close shots, which compels an artist to actually put in more effort than it is required otherwise. So, it is the expressions on the face, and how an actor presents his or her character, that really makes a scene. In such ways, Mollywood is a fabulous training ground for actors and actresses from other industries.

TV has the most reach among the audience. Movies are watched only by those who like cinema.

I don't prepare for my characters.

Life is not about acting in films alone. There are so many things in life other than films and acting.

All my films can't be like 'Narasimham.'

I feel there is an unknown energy pushing me to do certain things in life.

If my co-stars perform better, I perform better.

Morality depends on individual freedom, and it requires some sense to know where to draw the line.

I don't think I'm unduly extravagant.

I love to take some holidays. In fact, I am a guy who wants to take a break for at least 10 days after each movie.