Top 60 R. Madhavan Quotes

I have always acted in films where women have an equal, if not bigger, role than mine. Don’t the kind of films you do reflect your personality?

Birds and insects are part of the ecosystem and help in pollination. I don’t see any problem in having fruits and vegetables that birds want to eat, as opposed to the perfect shaped tomato that only you can eat and which, by the way, could also be cancerous.

I use the Net for a lot of things besides e-mailing. I involve myself in chats with people as part of my research for characters.

I am no more the ‘chocolate boy.’ Still, romance is always going to be a part of my life.

I am very choosy about my films. I don’t do a film just for the sake of money.

I have found out what I am allergic to, and I am trying to avoid that in my daily food intake.

I got good offers from Bollywood because I can speak Hindi very well.

There is a time in every actor’s life when he has to face the self-created hurdle after he starts getting bored of work and suddenly realises that he is left behind.

I was really lucky and blessed to have had the likes of directors such as Mani Ratnam and Rajkumar Hirani in my career.

I play a womaniser in ‘Saala Khadoos,’ but I do not demean women in any way.

There is a difference between being educated and academics.

When you go into the realm of a double role, you have to take it to another level to make it believable.

When I do a film, I try and see how in tune I am with the director.

It is a privilege that women fancy me, but I cannot sustain the chocolate boy image forever. I don’t want to end up being known, like the late veteran Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan was, as the king of romance.

Sequels face the risk of being constantly compared to the first film.

My assistants will bear testimony to the fact that I am a very angry man.

I am not chocolate and definitely not a boy. I am a man, and I have no clue how this image has stuck to me despite all these years. I think, maybe, in spite of trying to shell off my chocolate boy image, love stories excite me, and somehow I land up in such roles.

Acting is like any other profession. I do not think stars need to have any hang-ups in public. I do not like to be treated like someone special – and this I say because I am normal and not because I want to sound humble.

I am a hardcore Bihari boy. I am born and brought up in Bihar, and for me, ethnicity is not a problem and is inbuilt in me.

All of us wish for a dignity that commands respect. But few have it.

My favourite food is definitely paani puri.

It took me 15 years of being in the industry to know that you need makeup and styling when you go out, that you need to have PR.

If anybody accuses me of being rich, I give it back to them because I had a poor economical background. I worked my way up, and I am an exemplary citizen, and I always do what is good for my nation.

I am a south Indian, so I speak Tamil.

I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success.

All great scripts need not reach silver screen, and every good story can’t be narrated in a 2-hour film.

If you do not have a good script, then no matter what the genre is, the film will not be a success.

I always take part in the creative process of every film of mine. Gone are the days where an actor would walk into the sets, finish his portions, take the money, and leave. In fact, I’ve been accused of being interfering – but that’s the way I am. It is important for every actor to get involved with the script.

I had built my body to look like a boxer, then I lost it completely for ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns.’ It was really tough gaining weight, building muscles, and then losing it completely for another film.

I eat before I feel hungry. I know that when you order food or shop on an empty stomach, you always tend to over-eat, over-order, or over-shop. So I always eat slightly before I’m famished.

I dislike the trait of ungratefulness.

I’ve done some wonderful performance on TV even better than films. But once people watch it, they just forget it. The impact is not strong. So, films and TV are different.

People of Maharashtra are close to my heart, and this is where I became who I am, and this has been instrumental in my formative years.

I would prefer to work for directors who give me the script and written screenplay at the outset.

I don’t think there’s anymore chocolate boy left in me… Like, if I do the roles on the screen that border on romance, it will be age-appropriate.

I took a break so that I can entertain my audience properly.

Being a parent, it is heartening to see your child wake up every day at 5:45 in the morning to pursue his passion and then manage school as well.

The thing about organic farming is that the produce will not look the same. Your tomato will not resemble the rich red one from the textbook, and that’s the beauty of it.

I don’t have anything fresh in terms of raw foods or salad after 4 P.M. And no food after 7 P.M.

Oh, I have very limited will power. I wish I could change that. I am working on it, though. I am too easygoing.

A loverboy’s shelf life is very limited.

I learned different ways of working out. I learned a lot about my body. Let me just say that Arnold Schwarzenegger had 20-inch biceps when he did his first film, and when I did ‘Saala Khadoos,’ being a vegetarian, I managed 18 and half inches.

When it comes to filmmaking, we have to deal with ego, anger, and a lot more; barring all these, how the team works towards the outcome matters.

I can think of doing TV shows if the money is good.

It is not easy to lose or gain weight. The diet and the exercise regime should be compatible with your body, or else you end up with wrinkles and hair loss.

I value my independence a lot, and the thought of having to lose that due to age or any other reason terrifies me.

I am an extremely selfless but, at the same time, supremely confident actor.

I don’t want to buy a jet plane. I don’t want to live with an entourage.

I am a Tambrahm born and brought up in Jamshedpur 20 years of my life, as my father worked for the Tatas there. My mother was a chief manager in the Bank of India and the only lady manager in Bihar in those times.

Nobody is in the world should be deprived of the joys of eating.

People have this misconception that people with six-pack abs can deliver hits, but that’s not the case. Had I built six-pack abs for ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns,’ I wouldn’t have been able to justify myself.

I have been very cautious about the films that I do. I hope to always entertain my audience. The day I am not able to do that, I will quit acting.

Any story, any screenplay can only happen if the whole unit is professionally working towards it.

Television is a good training ground for aspiring stars. You can experiment and get away, imbibing the positive and viable aspects. Whereas, in cinema, the stakes are high. If something goes wrong, the film falls flat.

It is very important for an actor to look physically attractive.

‘Tanu Weds Manu’s brilliance lies in the fact that it makes the middle class want to be aspirational.

If I hadn’t been part of ‘3 Idiots,’ I would have felt bloody jealous.

I think new directors come with new perceptions, energy, and passion to win. They don’t have to worry about an already existing image or budget that they have to recover.

I’ve realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning.

I’ve always believed that the script is the boss.