45 Quotes by S. S. Rajamouli

In theory I know that if you have a universal theme and a good story told well, it will work everywhere.

Rajinikanth is humility personified. He's a huge star in India, and people are dying to just see him on the screen.

As a film enthusiast and a lover of stories, I have read biblical stories and I've seen biblical films with the same zeal as I have read and seen my own country's stories. Most of the time, the creator doesn't know where he gets his inspiration from.

A star is different, and an actor is different. But there is an actor in every star, and they, too, look for challenging roles to satisfy the actor in them.

To be very frank, I never got very good offers from Hindi cinema until 'Eega.' Now, I'm flooded with offers.

After the blockbuster 'Magadheera,' I made a film with comedian Sunil as the hero. If I am interested in making a film - big or small - I will go ahead and make it.

If someone makes an inroad into a new territory, a new market, people will follow their success. That way, I think we will be getting more pan-India films and not restricted to a region or a language. More and more films will come out on a bigger budget, on a larger-than-life scale.

You go to the edit room and see one scene which has come out fantastically, and you feel the film will set records. By evening, you look at the budget figures or something that hasn't worked out and ask yourself - what if this doesn't work?

After 'Maryada Ramanna,' I wanted to make a quick film on a shoestring budget.