The lead character in 'Yennai Arindhaal' is like an extension of the protagonists of 'Kaakha Kaakha' and 'Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.'
For me to get a lead role in a real movie is something to jump at. It's not like I get to do that all of the time.
Each of our collections is like a movie. We write the script, and this Sicilian woman who has traveled around the world plays the lead role.
I'm just a regular size, and I'd love to see more women like that cast in lead roles.
'Fukrey' was a major turning point of my career because it was post this film that I started getting lead roles in films like 'Bobby Jasoos.'
I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.
I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.
Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' That's not going to happen.
In fifth grade, I did 'Oklahoma!,' but I didn't get a leading role. I knew the whole play and could sing it already, but they were like, 'The sixth-grader has to get the lead.' I was really discouraged.
I felt guilty - like, I leaked this memo, and now there's going to be a witch hunt for the person who did it, and I'm not going to be able to deny it. That was when reality hit.
I need therapy after writing. It's like leaking blood from a stone. It's brutally difficult but worth it.
My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan - thin, slow, and it leaks.
Making the tough shots and leaning in a certain way and a fadeaway and stuff like that, those are tough shots, but those are shots you have to learn to make in this league.
Usually, whatever people's particular political leaning is, they either think I'm just like them or the opposite.
'Vert' is, like, straight to the top, like a vertical leap.
When I was 14, I heard Otis Redding in a club local to me, and I was blown away. It leaped out at me and went straight to my heart. I set my sights on singing like that.
I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.
Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
Working with directors like Gurinder Chadha was a learning experience for me.
There are still some pieces that aren't being used, like the white-space bands between TV channels. With digital broadcasting, those buffers aren't needed anymore. The wireless telcos want to lease them, while the TV industry wants to maintain the status quo. Either decision would be a mistake.
