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" All these years, people have spoken good and bad things about me, but I always end up being discussed. "
End
Good
Good And Bad
" An actor does not have anything to do with the business of screening films. "
Films
Does
Actor
" Being on time is a practice I imbibed from my dad. He would be ready with make-up on at least three hours ahead of schedule. "
Time
Three
Ready
" For me, the character I play is most important. "
Play
Most
Character
" Good looks may be enough for a heroine, but to become an artiste, you need at least a working knowledge of the language. "
You
Enough
Good
" I cannot expect actor Prakash Raj, who is versatile across languages, to express solidarity with a cause. "
Actor
Solidarity
Expect
" I don't like it when filmmakers say, 'Just come like this, sir.' I like to experiment with my makeup. I wish more filmmakers let me do that. "
More
Wish
I Wish
" I forayed into films in 1974, and I was done with college in 1975. "
Films
Done
College
" It doesn't matter if I have experienced actors alongside or novices. It doesn't matter if the director is one film old or a hundred. All I'm interested in is doing justice to the role. "
Director
Matter
Justice
" Item song dancers like Silk Smitha and Jayamalini have become irrelevant. The heroines are doing those dances themselves. "
Silk
Song
Dancers
" It's a pity I have been stereotyped as a villain. "
Pity
Villain
Been
" I've been a character artiste for four decades, and in our job, we learn very early that it doesn't pay to be narcissistic. "
Four
Pay
Job
" I've done 290 movies and have lost 200 movies for my outspokenness. "
Lost
Movies
Done
" Like Ekalaiva, I learnt a lot watching my father from afar. Though I did imitate him initially, I soon changed tack. When people have already watched and enjoyed M. R. Radha on screen, why would they need another? "
Watching
Why
Father
" Malaysian Tamil movies are amateurish, with songs picked up from our old Tamil movies and inserted in between. "
Between
Movies
Our
" Maybe actors are more passionate about cinema than actresses. Many heroines today seem unable to look beyond glamour. "
Look
Today
Cinema
" My tryst with theatre began in 1968, after the last day of school in that academic year. "
Year
After
Day
" None who has passed through the portals of UAA has been a failure. From the former Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, to Lakshmi, Cho, Nagesh, Moulee, Srikanth, ARS and I, all have been a part of UAA. "
Through
Who
Been
" People say I use foul language. I learnt swear words only from my father and YGP. "
People
Say
Language
" Theatre owners cannot threaten actors with defamation cases and take them to court or seek compensation for losses incurred. "
Seek
Take
Theatre
" There is nothing wrong with Radha Ravi calling women to his office. There's nothing wrong if a man calls women to his office. There is something wrong if a man calls men to his office. "
Women
Office
Wrong
" There was a time in the 1980s when I worked in 22 films a year. "
Year
Worked
Time
" Vulgarity shouldn't pass off as humour. "
Off
Pass
Vulgarity
" When a director narrates a character, I find it normal to ask questions about the character's background, mood swings, eccentricities, behaviour... I do this to make my performance relatable. Directors who don't know their characters well find it difficult to answer these questions and, hence, find me annoying. "
Me
Character
Know
" When I'm given a role, I'm consumed by a passion to bring to life a character that exists only on paper. I mull over the character for days and internalise his feelings. "
Feelings
Character
Life
" When someone praises me for some speech uploaded on YouTube, I politely tell them I've been acting for many years. "
Speech
YouTube
Acting
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