Tamannaah Quotes

I am ready to act in Telugu if I get a good story.

The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with.

It's my first sort of commercial attempt, but it made sense for me because I'm not that kind of guy and I'm not going to continue to do that kind of movie.

Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.

I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.

I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.

Some people said, 'Oh you're going to become a fine artist now and do exhibits and stuff.' But I have no desire to do that. I really like design and I'm going to stay with it.

But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering.

I'm not going to head off and do a Marvel film. So if I don't do a Marvel film, I don't have any other choice - I've got to go make a small New Zealand movie!

I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.

I didn't want to do 'Casino Royale' when they told me to audition. I said no. Then they sent me the script, and I thought it was actually very interesting - and I had no other work at the time.

I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music.

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

I never even wanted to be an actress. I studied mass communication and wanted to study law in Newcastle, for which I even got a scholarship. But by then, I had started modelling. So, I took a year off to decide what to do. But once you are used to working, it's difficult to get back to studies.

You know, you really do choose your existence in a way.

I'm used to the fact that the world views movie actors as personalities. I'm in the extremely fortunate position of making a living at something I'm passionate about. It's all about choices. By the nature of what I do, I make a choice. I invite them in.

My dad was a builder, so I didn't have any connection to the arts at all. I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder.

I played a biker in one of my earliest films in Telugu, 'Mr Perfect.'

I am delighted to have won a place in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.

A lot of people don't know that I had a special appearance in 'Keratam'; that was my first Telugu film. I only shot for four to five days. When they called me, I said, 'I can't give 60 days for a movie. If you have something for one week or 10 days, then I can accommodate.'

In Hyderabad, it was really warm. I had decided to move there even before my first film released.

Even my first film Poda Podi' was supposed to be remade in Telugu. That was an experimental film.