Mahesh Babu Quotes

Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.

I think I'm a story-based artiste. So I would opt for the performance-oriented role. I usually go by intuition while choosing a script. Also, I do not analyse my performance, nor do I bother about how my film has been performing at the box office. I personally love challenges and am game for taking up things which I haven't attempted before.

I grew as an actress, and I feel I gained a lot, whenever I have worked with any great director in the past.

I want to make my kind of films but make them work commercially, too. When my presentation meets the director's imagination, the result will be great.

When you agree to work with a filmmaker, it's important that you accept their world. It's an adventure. I like that. I throw myself into the director's arms, into their universe.

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.

The making of 'Naked' was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different level.

I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.

I believe that there's good content or bad content. You see interviews when somebody interviews a director of a movie that didn't perform well in the box office, and he says, 'The audience didn't understand my movie.' If people didn't go to buy the ticket, then you did the wrong movie.

As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do.

I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.

When I made my first film, it was just an adventure. But after my first movie, I guess I got more of a feeling of what was happening around me.

No matter how big or new they are, I always look for the intention of the filmmaker first. Their intention has to be in the right place.

I would never make a film because I think it's going to be a box-office success.

A director like Ram Gopal Varma brings out a different dimension in your performance.

I never control a film. The film controls me.

I'm a director's actor, and I surrender myself to the vision and the process. I think nothing else matters then.

When I did 'Kaaka Muttai,' I was a very raw actor. Director Manikandan brought out the best in me.

I would like to say to as many people as possible that please go and see the film 'Jaana,' because we all have worked hard to make it a good film.

Instead of signing 10 films a year, I'd rather do a couple of films where I can give my best performance and am appreciated by audiences.

I'm not very particular about the commercial angle in my films, but entertainment is very important.

I look for roles that are a good story for me as an actress and what I think will grow me as an actress and person. I also just really enjoy working with people who are passionate about what they do.

We try our best every time to make engaging films that we're interested in, and we just hope the rest of the world likes them.

I am interested in Bollywood. Everyone wants to do bigger and better work. I also want to do good work.

You are carving out a story. You and your colleagues are trying to make something that is bigger than yourself. Although it can be a scary experience because you're putting your work out on the line, it's also incredibly rewarding because a lot of it comes from you.