Quotes from Rana Daggubati

It wasn't easy to shoot for 'Baahubali.' It was very painful and annoying.

Before I became an actor, I was a producer and a visual effects supervisor. Our industry wasn't making the kind of films I was interested in.

I started doing visual effects for many years, and after that, I became an actor.

I enjoy being myself on television, where I am not enacting a character.

I've always been a big fan of Anjali Menon as a director and have watched most of her films, too.

Not all stories are meant for the big screen.

Should I tell you one thing, I am blind from my right eye. I see only from my left eye. The one you see is someone else's eye which was donated to me after his death. If I close my left eye, I can see no one.

'Baahubali' team is not after numbers. If we would have been number guys, we would have never made a film with such a huge budget. We just wanted to make the biggest war film of this country, but what it has achieved is amazing.

We are moving into a phase where what was once alternative cinema is becoming mainstream. I like being in that space.

A myth that operated for a year was that my broad structure secretly held a deadly body. I was so wary of my burgeoning tummy that I would conceal it by wearing very loose clothes.

I always believe an actor is as good as the content as he gets or chooses.

I loved 'A Wednesday'; it is one of my top favourite films of all time.

We see many posters and standees at cinema halls, and some catch attention. But these posters are soon forgotten. Taking a picture with the actors, enabled by AR, helps record a memory.

As a child, I was into cricket and boxing in school.

It's awesome that we can make more and more movies that are crossing boundaries.

When a director from Hindi cinema is looking for an actor from another language, it will be only because he feels the character justifies this and that can only be for a well-written character.

My thatha's death was the biggest blow I've dealt with in all my life. I have never seen death in my family, especially not of someone who's so close to me... I might be this big guy from the outside, but I'm very sensitive when it comes to my family.

I made a decent debut in Bollywood with 'Dum Maaro Dum.'

Every story has a place where it deserves to be told.

Being a person of the armed forces is not easy. Performing it is also not easy. There is a sense of discipline and body language that you need to have throughout.

When I was doing 'Baahubali 2,' the story was being discussed with many people. The story evolved over 9-10 months in that way.

The pacing in Tamil and Telugu is very different from Malayalam cinema.

Language has never been a barrier for me. I grew up learning Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil.

'Naa Ishtam' is my first commercial Telugu film. That was exciting.