Quotes from Rana Daggubati

Most of the things in your life are not in your control - the family you are born into, the parents, and the siblings you have. It is only friendship and love that you create for yourself in this lifetime.

My family has always believed that anybody can do anything if you are trained for it. So I trained with Barry John's in Mumbai, did marital arts, and then went to stunt school in the U.S.

Any skill requires training. I took the corporate approach to acting and wanted to develop the necessary skills.

In 'The Beginning,' each one of us was introduced, but the audience didn't know our back stories and the drama. You wouldn't have known how deep Bhallaladeva's jealousy for Baahubali is.

Food is my big connect to Old City, and I discovered the culture and history of the city by exploring food joints.

I have been in the industry for about 15 years, and every day has been a learning experience, thanks to changing trends and technology.

When I watch films, I skip songs. I don't like them.

While we were shooting 'Baahubali,' I had a knee injury, and a few months later, Prabhas injured his shoulder. Those two injuries meant a break of around five months from the schedule. So around that time, I was doing absolutely nothing, and Neeraj Pandey called me with 'Baby.'

Trust me: I eat a lot. I am a big guy.

My first film, 'Leader,' created a lot of political drama. Its release was pushed back twice.

Social media is just a platform. What some people decide to do with it results in something good or bad.

Give me something new, and I'll do it with all my heart.

For two years, I was without a movie down South, and 'Department' proved a disaster; people don't even remember the film.

Incidents of the past - a lost love, a missed opportunity - shape us and make us what we are.

Mumaith Khan has unbelievable energy. She is a powerhouse performer.

'Leader' is a political drama. It's the story of a character who understands what the people want.

'Ghazi' has underwater stunts and was physically taxing. That added to my cardio routine.

If you want to tell a new story, it is a risk. But then you have to do it in the best financial way as possible.

There is no pressure from my family to get married.

Cinema plays an important role in uniting the entire nation as a single unit.

For 'Dum Maro Dum,' I had a diction tutor, as I had to get rid of my Hyderabadi Hindi and learn Goan Hindi. It wasn't easy, because these two kinds of Hindi were mutually incompatible. I had to unlearn one kind of Hindi and then learn a new kind.

'Baahubali' has done to Indian cinema what 'Star Wars' has done to America.

I have grown up watching franchise-based movies like 'Star Wars' and read 'Amar Chitra Katha' and had aspired to do cinema like that.

Each character, be it the antagonist or the protagonist, brings with himself his own personality... and I have tried to stay true to each one of them; each is enjoyable in their own way!