Top 35 Sreenivasan Quotes

I have no godfather.

It is the people of Kerala and their expectations that have made me what I am today.

Marketing is a major headache for farmers.

It is easy to be a hero in films as even a weak person can fight with any number of goons and get applauses from viewers.

For me nature itself is god.

We often come across certain directors who mention some of their own flops as their favourites. They will blame the viewers for not realising its merits. I think that is plain hypocrisy.

I have my own political views and ideologies, but will not enter politics for sure.

I believe that the purpose of cinema is to entertain. The so-called geniuses may have given new meanings to it, but for those who developed cinema, the aim was to entertain.

I have never given others a chance to exploit me.

Actually, when Vineeth was in class 10, I was invited to his school as the chief guest. Till then I had never accepted an invitation to the school day but since Vineeth was leaving school, I decided to accept the invitation. He was the school leader too.

As an artist, I am here to get involved in meaningful films. But that does not mean only films like ‘Arabikkadha’ should be made. If you give an overdose of such films, the subject will become jaded.

You need not give others a chance to exploit you always. We should know what kind of exploitation is taking place. I cannot create an incident to say that women have been exploited in Malayalam film industry.

The whole purpose of filmmaking is to entertain the viewers and when it happens, it gives you a high.

My ambition in life is to be associated with a good film. And I feel that a writer has a more important role to play for the society than an actor.

At a programme in Kannur, I was asked who I wanted to be in my next birth. I said I don’t believe in rebirth but if we should imagine it, I wished to be born in a world without religion or politicians.

Martyrdom of followers is a strategy of political leaders to grab money and power.

The society will have good children, if the mothers are good. If the mothers lack sense and knowledge, the children may go the wrong way.

Keralites have become fed up with this kind of politics that creates martyrs.

To love one’s country, the governance should be good. But politicians are addicts of power. It is because they don’t read that they have become so inhuman. Reading is what makes humans, humans.

Saroj Kumar is plagued with insecurity about how he can survive in the industry, what with new, better looking actors coming up, and experimental films taking over his once popular box-office success formulas.

I started paddy cultivation not for profit.

My politics are expressed through the films that I write. That’s why doing ‘Arabikkadh’ was a great experience because I got to associate with like-minded people.

You should know that there are heroes here who are unduly worried about each role they portray.

Some people can accept the changes in life in a mature way but for most others, it is never easy.

I love doing humorous roles and I write my characters that way. But I haven’t received many offers from others to do comedy.

I am not bothered about money. I have no dreams that feature money. I dream only of good cinema and good scripts.

My generation was advised to focus on one area to excel.

People think a director teaches acting. But in good films a director doesn’t.

I have only one passion in life – cinema.

You don’t need to wear a politician’s garb to serve public.

The viewers have the brains to decide the merits of a film and there is no point in blaming them if it flops.

I am more comfortable in the actor’s and writer’s role than a director’s.

No amount of money can replace the kind of happiness and satisfaction I derive out of writing.

It is never easy to face the camera, especially for the newcomers.

Since I don’t have an image to be worried about, I am not concerned about it when it comes to selection of my roles.