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" A loverboy's shelf life is very limited. "
R. Madhavan
Life
Very
Shelf Life
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" Normally, my birthdays are very quiet. I go to the temple with my family and later take blessing from my parents. A few friends come over to my house, and we talk about the year gone by. "
R. Madhavan
Friends
Blessing
Talk
" As an actor, I would never agree if a newcomer doesn't give me a final word on the script. If it is well-written, then you need not speak to me. I will speak for you. "
R. Madhavan
Never
Will
Speak
" I struggle on many fronts on having to move to a different level, having to cater to constantly evolving audiences. "
R. Madhavan
Different
Having
Level
" All great scripts need not reach silver screen, and every good story can't be narrated in a 2-hour film. "
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Great
Good
Story
" I always take part in the creative process of every film of mine. Gone are the days where an actor would walk into the sets, finish his portions, take the money, and leave. In fact, I've been accused of being interfering - but that's the way I am. It is important for every actor to get involved with the script. "
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Money
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I Am
" I had built my body to look like a boxer, then I lost it completely for 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns.' It was really tough gaining weight, building muscles, and then losing it completely for another film. "
R. Madhavan
Losing
Tough
Lost
" I learned different ways of working out. I learned a lot about my body. Let me just say that Arnold Schwarzenegger had 20-inch biceps when he did his first film, and when I did 'Saala Khadoos,' being a vegetarian, I managed 18 and half inches. "
R. Madhavan
Body
Working
Film
" I eat exactly three times a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. I sit quietly for 20 minutes without anybody disturbing me, and I chew each mouthful 60 times. "
R. Madhavan
Dinner
Three
Breakfast
" My assistants will bear testimony to the fact that I am a very angry man. "
R. Madhavan
Bear
Man
I Am
" I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success. "
R. Madhavan
Family
Success
Always
" Birds and insects are part of the ecosystem and help in pollination. I don't see any problem in having fruits and vegetables that birds want to eat, as opposed to the perfect shaped tomato that only you can eat and which, by the way, could also be cancerous. "
R. Madhavan
You
Want
Problem
" Any story, any screenplay can only happen if the whole unit is professionally working towards it. "
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Working
Only
Happen
" Success, or the lack of it, has a way to make you realise what your boundaries are. "
R. Madhavan
You
Success
Boundaries
" I can think of doing TV shows if the money is good. "
R. Madhavan
Money
Doing
Good
" I don't want to buy a jet plane. I don't want to live with an entourage. "
R. Madhavan
Buy
Plane
Entourage
" Oh, I have very limited will power. I wish I could change that. I am working on it, though. I am too easygoing. "
R. Madhavan
I Am
Change
Power
" When we make a film like 'TWM Returns,' it is important that we don't think of bettering anything. It's like a baby being born: all you can hope for is the best. But you can't decide how the baby is going to look. Similarly with the movie - you can't think of making it better; you only can think of making the best film possible. "
R. Madhavan
Best
Better
Hope
" I studied B.Sc electronics to be an engineer and later did masters in communication and advertising. I loved engineering for what it could accomplish to make our lives easier. But, I realised that it was not my passion. "
R. Madhavan
Passion
Communication
Advertising
" I value my independence a lot, and the thought of having to lose that due to age or any other reason terrifies me. "
R. Madhavan
Independence
Age
Value
" Whenever you have chemistry on-screen, then you have to be very attracted to the person. "
R. Madhavan
Person
Then
You
" I can't dance like Hrithik Roshan. I don't have the necessary glamour like some of the other actors do. They are able to sell themselves on that aspect. I do roles and films which are very realistic. So, in those films, if you don't get into the skin of it, they won't look convincing. "
R. Madhavan
Like
Dance
Glamour
" When I go to hotels, sometimes I find waiters and people who do not address me as 'Mr.' or address me as a normal guest would have been addressed, simply because my name is Maddy. I find that slightly offending, but I don't react to it thinking that maybe the name is so casual that people think it's a buddy that you are talking to. "
R. Madhavan
Thinking
Me
Think
" My favourite food is definitely paani puri. "
R. Madhavan
Food
Favourite
Definitely
" Actually Maddy is my name. But I feel that whenever you address somebody, there needs to be certain amount of dignity rendered to it - irrespective of whether it's a film star or somebody you are fond of. I find it very pleasing when somebody refers to me as 'Mr. Madhavan' or 'Sir' or 'Mr. Maddy.' "
R. Madhavan
Feel
Name
Find
" If you say actors have a social responsibility to do things, you are right, in a way. It's a wishful decision. But if it's done out of force, I don't think it will accomplish anything. Everybody starts counting how much work they have done and see if they have done their due for the week. That is not social service. You need to go way beyond that. "
R. Madhavan
Work
Service
Responsibility
" There is a difference between being educated and academics. "
R. Madhavan
Educated
Academics
Being
" I've always believed that the script is the boss. "
R. Madhavan
Script
Always
Believed
" When I do a film, I try and see how in tune I am with the director. "
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Director
I Am
Try
" I am an extremely selfless but, at the same time, supremely confident actor. "
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I Am
Selfless
Time
" I have always acted in films where women have an equal, if not bigger, role than mine. Don't the kind of films you do reflect your personality? "
R. Madhavan
You
Always
Kind