“The journey of filmmaking is so amazing. You start off with great conf...” — Mani Ratnam Quote

The journey of filmmaking is so amazing. You start off with great confidence, and develop insecurity at the time of release. When you are ready with the finished product, you are constantly wondering if you have been honest to the story you started out with, if you got what you wanted. One is too close to the project by then to be objective.

You can't say there is only one way of doing things, the police way of ensuring law and order.

I always look for genuineness. If I feel I can connect with the audience, I will try to develop it. For example, the genesis of 'Kannathil Muthamittal' was an article published in a magazine.

Let me be very frank. I make films keeping within the mainstream and my cinema is popular cinema. I love it this way.

I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling.

Labour allowed ourselves to be painted as anti-business for talking about insecurity, when in reality, the opposite was true.

I'm still learning and trying to become a better actor. I still feel insecurity.

I have never liked the 'Been there done that' thing... You hear that all the time from people, and I think it's just based on pure insecurity... Each person is going to have their own unique take on something.