“When 'Yuganiki Okkadu,' the Telugu dubbed version of 'Aayirathil Oruva...” — Karthi Quote

“When 'Yuganiki Okkadu,' the Telugu dubbed version of 'Aayirathil Oruvan,' released, I didn't like dubbing for my character. Someone much older had done it, and it didn't have the flavour.”

“I have to do films for myself, films that make me learn. I also have to be an entertainer.”

“Writing is not my forte, but I am good at visualising.”

“I think people need to understand the amount of emotions I can pull off. I want films I'm offered to have these dimensions.”

“I don't like six-packs. If you get six-packs in a short time, it will cause health problems.”

“I was dying to start shooting for 'Paiyya.' I had worn no good clothes for months, and I was dying to wear good clothes. And, for 'Paiyya,' they gave me eight clothes to change in a day!”

“I want to know exactly how the first few measures are going to go, and the rough shape of a movement or the whole piece and its essential character.”

“I have really crooked teeth - they give me character!”

“The character of a people may be ruined by charity.”

“I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.”

“The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.”

“I guess there's a vulnerability in seeing a female character trying to get out of something really drastic.”