Arfi Lamba Quotes

What is important to me is the mileage a particular role I depict gets on the silver screen.

I don't think 'Cocktail' was a perfect critical success, but it touched a vein in our culture.

Bottom line is, off-beat film or commercial films, Tollywood or Bollywood, it's the role that matters to me.

An actor is known by his choices, not by his box-office figures.

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.

A successful film is a good film, and a non-successful film is a bad film. It's as simple as that.

I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.

I was slightly disheartened when three of my films didn't work at the box-office. But the silver lining is that people did appreciate my work in those films. Had my performance gone unnoticed, I would've been in big trouble then.

I never had a better role than I had in 'Little Miss Sunshine.' That was one of my favorite roles ever.

In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package.

The effort always remains that my new film outdoes my last in terms of performance and gets better box office success. Box office is the sole reason why I do films.

I enjoy every role I do.

'Srimanthudu' is a film very close to my heart. It's my first production, and I'm more than happy with its performance at the box office.

If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.

I play the role of my career in 'Dhanam.'

When Surender Reddy told me that I should play a serious role, I was quite confused; however, a lot of people told me that the audience has loved my part in the film. I thank the entire team of 'Race Gurram' for their support.

When I see good films not doing well, irrespective of my role being appreciated or not, I have a problem because then the producer who has made a loss will never believe in investing in good cinema.

For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah.

As a kid, I was playing a character, so the film was not on my shoulders. I did 11 films out of which three were appreciated and remembered. At that time no one was following my career, so it was easier. But now when you are a mature adult, it's a different experience.

Being an actor, I feel I need to take up challenges and do different roles without thinking about whether the audience will accept me in those roles or not.

As a child working in films was like a hobby but now it has turned into a profession. And with that, it's become a life that's full of pressure and nervousness about Box Office results, competition.

My aim is that each of my films should be on the top five or, at least, the top 10 lists of the year.

I'm not saying I'm not bummed if a movie doesn't do well, but that isn't the final analysis of whether it's any good.

I want to have the same success in my acting career as I did in my boxing career.

I am humbled at the fact that I always get great support and reviews from my critics, but it's the film that requires to be good enough for it to work.