Quotes from Akhil Akkineni

'Mr. Majnu' is just my way of saying that I am trying to start off from the basics.

If it's a Sunday, I usually wake up by around 11-11:30 A. M.

My parents are super chilled-out.

Every son needs his father to be a hero and my father is like a superhero!

When someone is mean to a dog, they are being cruel to a living being.

I'm not much of a dancer.

The problem is that right from the beginning, there was this whole pressure that I've had to make it big. I don't know if it's my fault or if someone else created this atmosphere around me, but it's been there.

Animals don't deserve to be abused. They deserve to be friends with us and they deserve to be appreciated for the beautiful beings they are.

In the evenings, I like to go for dinners with my close friends.

I want to give fans what's expected of me and once I've made my mark, I can experiment and do the kind of films I'd like to do.

Sometime in your teens you have to decide what you want to do. I knew it had to be cinema.

In Telugu filmdom, audiences like to see their hero dance, fight and play a larger-than-life character. It's precisely why most of our commercial films do extremely well and get remade too.

I believe Mr. Majnu' is a complete film.

Whether you are a star kid or not, it all depends on the actor and how he/she can get the audience to the theatre.

Though my first love is cricket, I was never away from any other disciplines too.

In real life, I am nothing like a playboy.

About him as a father, I can only say that he has been nothing less than a hero in real life to me and an inspiration like no other. I'm just in awe of his life and I am so grateful to be a part of his life.

'Mr. Majnu' is a modern and passionate love and he loves to be around girls, they love him too. But, I'm nothing like that in real life.

When I'm bored, I hate being alone so there's always a friend at my place.

From childhood, both my brother and I have had only one hero, and that's our dad.

I would definitely love to do Hindi films but I'll choose films carefully.

As I represent the next generation of the Akkineni clan, I'm expected to do much more. It's the only fear that makes me realize how hard I have to work to survive.

If I choose a holiday destination, it would be a beach.

Honestly, I wanted to play it safe with my first film; I didn't want to do something completely out of the box.