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" We got to go one step further than even 'Make in India.' Let's make India itself - India 2.0, the updated version. "

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" As a principle, I will never react to film criticisms. As long as they are part of film fraternity, whatever they say will be beneficial to cinema. "

" Acceptance is the only thing you should teach. Be it Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Dalit, you must inculcate acceptance, not tolerance. "

" Politics is too big a game to feel the absence of a Kamal Haasan. "

" Once you attain stardom, you lose that finer touch with society. When you are a man on the street, you get to know every vibration. But once you attain this status, more than you, people become self-conscious by your presence. "

" I am very angry, and you don't need angry politicians. You need politicians with great balance. "

" All my films are statements, especially when I write them. "

" Today, we should look for people with great organizational skills to run a government - not just leaders, who are good with people. "

" Tell me, when do you become a respectable person in society? When you start respecting yourself. That is when you take care of yourself, that is when you comb your hair, groom yourself, and cleanse your body. You do all this because you respect yourself. "

" Sometimes we equate anger to destructive physical violence, but anger need not be martial. "

" Happiness is perhaps painlessness, a state one rarely appreciates. Happiness, then, is very much like a great talent. It rarely gets appreciated and is taken for granted. "

" I am opposed to autobiographies, mainly because most autobiographies lie. "

" If you ask my opinion, I don't look at a film according to its box office collection. "

" You have to appreciate the finer points of your work; criticise, too, if needed. I am also my own worst and most honest critic. I can say things which nobody will ever dare say. Even the best of friends will stop at a point, whereas I can go beyond. "

" We should work towards a legislation to sack non-performing politicians. This may not happen during my lifetime, but I will try for it anyway. "

" Acting ceases to be work because I enjoy it. But it feels like working when I do bad work, especially when I know it is bad. "

" I'd like to keep updating myself. That's the only way to make life interesting. And because I am a performer, I like to do it deliberately and with purpose. "

" When classical singers or dancers look at cinema with derision, I have half a heart to tell them that they're wrong. They're losing a platform. "

" Even if the country is run by a Mussolini, free speech will find its way. "

" I audition for almost every role. I get into auditions even when I am just producing a film. Not that someone would fire me, but I keep trying various tests and keep working till I learn the job. "

" Since I was 20, I wanted to make a short film and send it to international short film festivals. It never happened. I became too big a star to indulge in those things. "

" I cannot live on myths; somehow, science convinces me more easily. I am prone to lean towards science, ethics, and philosophy rather than myth, religion, and rituals. "

" There is a lot to be learnt, and I am always dissatisfied. I am happy but not content. "

" All stars are businessmen. Once you decide to become a star, you are talking about money, fame, and being successful. "

" I've always believed in speaking my mind, and I think the technology has made it more prominent. Even a common man's voice is heard prominently now, much to the chagrin and surprise of politicians. They aren't used to that. "

" A political party is about an ideology. And I don't think my goals in politics can match the ideology of any political party. "

" There is a buffet of ideologies for me to choose from. I've been a fan of certain communist and socialist ideals. Some have failed, some have succeeded. I've lived long enough to understand where all they failed. "

" I don't have tiffs with people. I only mind my business, but whatever interferes my freedom of expression, I have always voiced. "

" The most feared thing should be death, but after a lot of rumination, I have settled to fear incessant pain. It is not a 'screaming hysterically' kind of fear but a silently lurking one. "

" We are not exercising our democratic rights properly. We need to stop looking for solutions in others. "

" The creation of God itself, I deduced, came from our primal fear. "