Quotes from Suresh Gopi

I admire Mammootty as an actor and I have no issues sharing the screen with him.

All of us make mistakes and one learns from the bitter lessons of the past.

I belong to a strong Congress family. Right from my grandfather, my family has been supporting the Congress.

Look at the plight of a devotee. One cannot even use the name of his favourite God. What sort of democracy is this?

It is always good to take a break and then come back with more strength. You can access things from a different point of view.

Modi invite me for his swearing in ceremony and I did attend it.

Even as a child, I knew what the symbol of the Congress was.

As a great devotee, I consider a Brahmin who wears the sacred thread as God.

I am not responsible for being cast as a police officer often.

Maybe I have some god-given gift to act as a policeman.

See, my passion is films and I don't believe in political parties.

I have a very clear, genuine vision about what political work should be, what politics and politicians should contribute to the nation.

I was contacted by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, MP, through the Pune Film Institute and offered the post in the NFDC. I accepted it for the sake of Kerala and because it is an opportunity for improving the content of Doordarshan.

Yes, I would love to do more such films that take on issues like corruption.

But what we have is not democracy; it is demonocracy! We are ruled by demons.

I am a person with no desperation and I live on hope, but the difference is that I do not compromise on hope.

An artiste like me can never be satisfied because it is the dissatisfaction that helps me grow and achieve what I want to.

If someone asks me whether I have seen God in flesh and blood, my answer would be that I believe that a temple priest is the God in front of me.

I am what I am only because of films.

I know that keeping aloof is not a wise thing but since I have nothing to prove, please don't depict me as an escapist.

My father died. No one from this industry came to offer condolences to my house. No one offered few words to console me. Why should I continue in this cruel film world? I am discontinuing my acting career.

When you are involved with the film and the character, you don't find it tiresome at all. But if you think it's tiresome, it will be.

All my films have raised questions on issues that are contemporary and relevant to our times.

Melvilasam' broke a short, silent phase in my career.