Shankar Mahadevan Quotes

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.

Once you become known for one thing, it's easy to become known for a second thing, a third thing, and a fourth thing.

If you do good work, you start to make a name for yourself and things can come around. Weird little happenstances happen.

My name is out there right now. I'm creative and innovative. I should capitalize on it.

If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.

For me, every opportunity is a golden opportunity, so I just need to work as hard as I can to maintain credibility and respect and hopefully people enjoy watching me as an actor.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opportunities.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

It's about legacy, it's about moments, it's about being an icon - I'll do what I do and the money will flow.

The best thing that winning those Academy Awards things are - the best thing of it is that when I say some of my ideas, somebody's going to listen to it, and they'll preface what I say, 'Academy Award winner da-da-da-da-da.'

Winning all these trophies and having all this success gives you a voice.

I've been very blessed to work with some of the biggest in the game.

I'd much rather be in this position where people might be talking about me as a contender than turning up and sort of being a no-show.

If you play well, then you make yourself a great name and the money comes on its own. You earn money for what you did.

This is something that everyone has to understand: you don't win anything on your reputation.

When you are successful, the perception of the people around you changes. If I do a variety of work, people notice me differently, and that is what is happening. I am fortunate to get these opportunities.

People of excellence will always be brought before people of influence.

I worked hard, but I was lucky the right people happened to see my work.

There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.

Any time you audition and get it, you earned it.