Kay Kay Menon Quotes

Kay Kay Menon

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 2, 1966

I don't play roles, I play characters. There is a vast difference between the two.

Kay Kay Menon

People assume that displaying your own personal ego on screen is called acting, which is actually not what acting is about.

Kay Kay Menon

Vijay Mallya is a star, not an actor. Anybody who lives a lifestyle of that kind, is a star.

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I was true to myself because I realized I was a better actor than signer.

Kay Kay Menon

People should ask themselves why is it that they want to act.

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Be honest and accept it if you do not have talent. And if you do, hone your skills.

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I don't understand when people say character actors. You either have the protagonist or the antagonist and I've played both. It's an actor's role to play a character. Does that mean that main stream heroes and heroines are characterless?

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I don't do films for charity any more. In the past, I've done that for friends or people who couldn't not afford to pay. But now money matters.

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I find award functions laughable. To me, it is just like an extension of a college annual day function.

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The whole format of an awards function seems to be tailor made for a television audience. I think it is just an ego boosting affair.

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Bollywood is an industry that is closer to making more entertainment-based films than anything else because people here are bothered about money.

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Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character actor,' I fail to understand what it means.

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I thought running around trees is a gardener's job and not an actor's. However, if the script demands that I run around trees, well, you never know.

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I believe the era of Amitabh Bachchan is not going to come back. He is the last star that we have.

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Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.

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I get paid to act. I've never acted free for anybody and I'd rather be rewarded than awarded.

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I like to play non-cardboard characters. I try and bring out the many complex layers in the personality of the characters I play.

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I have always believed that television is a very strong medium to convey stories, stronger than even movies. On television, you have more scope to explore a subject as it gives you more time.

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If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.

Kay Kay Menon

I can't pretend to do something I don't like.

Kay Kay Menon