Kamal Haasan

“I am opposed to autobiographies, mainly because most autobiographies lie.”

“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...”

“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 polit...”

“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...”

“I write the occasional poem. I think my dabbling in poetry makes me better at screenplays. Poetry teaches the value of condensing, the importance of talking in a few words.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“I love reading all the mythological stories. I was brought up on them.”

“I don't remember myself to be a forefront fighter, but when pushed to a point with a wall behind me, there is only one way forward. Later you can call it a Rambo syndrome, but I never regret...”

“The disgraces I suffer should be attributed to me, but the praises that I get go to my family and teachers. It is they who decided what I would become.”

“You must have anger, as rightful wrath is what makes you create your own ethical standards.”

“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.”

“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 used to be a wannabe Genghis Khan and will always be that. He never lost any battles. Then I swung to the other side of the spectrum and settled on Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Now I re...”

“I am not the opposite of theism. I am right in the middle of those non-believers and believers. It's not even about being agnostic or nastik. Why would I take a name given to me by my opposi...”

“Entering politics would be like donning a crown of thorns.”

“The fact that I've lived this long is not really an achievement. Time passes; we age... it's natural. This is why it annoys me when a person watches a movie and tells me that it was 'time pa...”