Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Kay Kay Menon
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Last updated on September 18, 2024.
I keep an open mind when a script is narrated to me.
As an actor, I like my films to be believable.
When I saw 'Lage Raho Munnabhai,' I felt proud be a part of the industry.
I believe in cinema! Unfortunately, 90 per cent of Hindi cinema is non-cinema. Only marketing works here. Even the item songs in these films are an extension of marketing.
An actor should not bother about the camera per se, and what kind it is.
In my case, I'm in touch with God in good times and bad. I don't use God as a means of favour. And I can't do business with him - the very thought is bizarre.
I am not really attached to my films and work. The film industry is just a small part of my life.
I believe the era of Amitabh Bachchan is not going to come back. He is the last star that we have.
I have no issues if audiences don't like a film or a performance, and the film doesn't do well. My problem is when they say that the film was good and performances were excellent, but the film didn't run. I have a problem when that happens.
I can't really iterate what I look for in a script. It's a very subjective thing. Like an organic attachment you have with the script and characters.
I never do roles, I play people.
I have lived life on my own terms.
Art, I've always believed, is more real than life.
The city helped open my mind creatively and culturally. Pune has the power to make you realise your dream.
Cinema is not just a side show - it is something which is much deeper than that. It is a form of art which needs to be respected.
You have to be truthful and believable in whatever you do and that is the founding principle of acting.
I wanted to be an actor since I was just nine-years-old.
Films are a long process and the script is the first part.
I remember my first role as a sunflower at nine.
I feel the dams of emotions open up more easily when one is acting.
The moment you achieve perfection, you are dead. The word exists because we are all imperfect. That is true about performance as well.
Content films necessary don't go by the content, they go by the emotions. Content films are about content whether you want to portray the content or sell it through humour, through seriousness, is a choice of the filmmaker.
I like to be by myself, probably because I have been a single child.
In real life, I don't cry too easily. I go numb.
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.
We are a jingoistic nation - whether it is politics or films or whatever. We can posthumously shower praises and accolades on people, but when they are alive, we don't bother about them. A classic case is Om Puri.
The paradox of perfection is that you should try and achieve it by doing quality work even though you know you can never achieve it.
If you want to grow a business, you want to make profit. Only then it is good business.
I believe man is stripped naked when he's in conversation with God. Your deepest fears, strongest desires, highest hopes - they're all there when you are talking to God.
I am born and brought up in Maharashtra so for me, Marathi is an often heard language.
It does not mean that in the process of a small screen, I do small acting, or if I do a big screen project, I do big acting. For the actor, it does not matter.
When I see good films not doing well, irrespective of my role being appreciated or not, I have a problem because then the producer who has made a loss will never believe in investing in good cinema.
I was constantly on stage in school, and even while I was pursuing my MBA, I knew that I wanted to eventually become an actor.
A simple love story can be made into an interesting film if the film-maker can think differently.
The industry is all about money. It has nothing to do with talent and calibre. The star system is a money game.
I was born in Kerala, where my maternal grandparents lived, and stayed there till the age of one, after which I came to Maharashtra to live with my parents and moved all around the state with my father, who worked as a superintendent in an ordnance factory.
I am happy with the roles I play.
I can't look at the mirror beyond two minutes. I don't know what to look at. What is the point of looking at yourself? You can't change your face.
Acting is a symbiotic process, it is an amalgamation of many many things put together and when there is a call for action, that's when you surrender and the moment of truth comes out, that's when you perform. That is the process for every good actor.
I am an avid tennis player.
Before 'Sarkar,' I used to introduce myself as Kay Kay, the actor and then that got reduced to just Kay Kay as people realised that I am already an actor.
Light-hearted films are not content-driven films.
My mother was a housewife.
We used to stay in Aundh and as a kid I remember going to a single screen theatre to watch 'Sholay' with my family.
One fine day, I realised that advertising was not my calling. I closed shop and plunged into theatre.
See, our country has certain problems. Certain psychological problems. We are dynasty lovers. We love the fact that this guy comes from this family and we start giving them concessions.
Yes, I am extremely choosy. You decide whether to do a film or not only after you meet and talk to the film-maker. Only someone who thinks out of the box excites me.
The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.
Web series is an outing that is favourable to actors.
I believe religion is a branch of spirituality, often misinterpreted and twisted to suit people's ideas. In truth, religion and spirituality are meant to co-exist happily.
No two love stories are the same though the love factor might be the same.
Terrorism is not a sign of courage. It means cowardice.
There are things apart from films that inspire me. I play a lot of sports and love it. It is the only field where you can't become a star without actual performance.
For me, the film-maker is more important than the story.
I returned to Pune in the 90s to do my MBA from the University of Pune as in that period there were not many MBA institutes in the city!
Life is too short to hold regrets. Once it's done, you cannot regret it.
For me, making time for God is like making time to fill my stomach - like the physical space in the stomach needs food, spiritual space in one's soul needs regular prayer.
The city has given me space to think and that is one thing I love about Pune.
Award functions are a big sham. It's a money-making television programme.
Nothing changes in the world because of cinema.
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