Quotes from Vijay Deverakonda

I was always motivated to make my parents proud and wait for that one opportunity. Finally, it happened with 'Yevade Subramanyam,' and since then, I have never looked back.

I come from a place where getting a call to do a film is a big thing. I would work double hard to better a partly-convincing film than be without work.

A learning experience is the best way to sum up my first film credit. It's hard to break into the film industry, and it was a minor role but still my only shot at the movies while I was doing theater.

Once you become an actor, you have to say goodbye to your personal life.

A film will have many events such as audio release, promotional activities. I did not have that fancy-looking clothes to look good before the camera. So I used to ask my producers for the clothes I wore in the film. I still have my 'Yevadu Subramanyam' clothes in my wardrobe.

I'm not sure if career can be planned.

I have always fought for respect, I have always fought for survival, so fighting is nothing new to me.

I am constantly evolving. If I believe in a particular philosophy today, I may have a contradictory opinion tomorrow.

It's nice to fool around with clothes, and that comes from some recklessness. I suddenly feel like wearing a lungi and a jacket, and now I have the access to do what I want. When I was doing theatre, my Muslim friends would invite me to an Iftar party, and I'd go wearing a dhoti while others would be in a kurta-pyjama.

Everybody in the two Telugu states, especially the residents of Vijayawada, love both cinema and politics. And 'NOTA' is a cinema with a political subject.

I had a temper problem even before I did this film, but doing 'Arjun Reddy' has made me more impatient.

I have a particular taste, I do films according to it and promote it accordingly.

To the Tamil media, I have mostly interacted in English since I am not fluent in Tamil.

I ventured into cinema after theatre because I didn't want to confine myself to just one auditorium. I wanted the whole world to talk about me.

Arjun Reddy's fits of rage, his ill-tempered responses towards the girl he loves... I think we all have these dark areas in our personality.

We all observe political leaders and scams. People are affected because of political apathy. We all get frustrated because of what we witness. 'NOTA' was a platform to vent my frustration.

My father came to Hyderabad to become an actor, took an acting course, and realised he was camera conscious.

There are a lot of grey areas in my personality. We all have them.

An actor's life is abnormal! It feels like I'm being watched all the time, whether I'm at a restaurant, gym, or anywhere. I sometimes feel I don't want to be looked at.

I like receiving attention for the things that I do, like a good film.

I couldn't be working in a bank and launch a clothing line. It's only because cinema gave me a lot of access that I have been able to launch a clothing line.

I spent half my life in a boarding school where we were shown only the sporadic wholesome classic like 'The Sound Of Music.' So, I am not familiar with most of the works of the acting greats in Bollywood, Hollywood, or Tamil-Telugu cinema.

Why do human beings find it so hard to live and let live? Countries are messing with each other. Religions are messing with each other. Castes are messing with each other; people mess with each other.

Exploring the dark side of my characters' personality is my forte.