Everyone's amazed by the question that how did I succeed as an actor in the industry, which has Kamal Haasan? It's because I grew as an actor watching Kamal's acting.
I grew as an actor just by watching Kamal Haasan acting. I had the good fortune of being able to observe Kamal Haasan from close quarters.
For an actor with his experience, Kamal Haasan's never shown a complacent 'Been there; done it' attitude.
There is an unrealistic pressure to perform like Kamal Haasan, and it's unnatural, because he's been in the industry for so many years, I don't even take the comparisons seriously.
I'm not going to lie; having acting greats like Kamal Haasan and Sarika as parents has, in a sense, opened doors.
In the beginning, in 1975, just how big a star Kamal Haasan was, today's generation does not know.
Kamal Haasan is a huge talent.
Usually, you know how politicians are. Whenever they are around, you will see at least 10-15 people by their side. But with Kamal Haasan, that's not the case.
I've told Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, I just want to touch you. They are the gods of acting. When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.
I come from a family with many dancers, my aunts learnt dance, so did Kamal Haasan and, as a child I learnt it, too.
I'm not a Kamal Haasan or a Sivaji Ganesan, I know I'm Vijay Antony.
It's a great honour for me to be a part of a Kamal Haasan film.
I was a huge Kamal Haasan fan, but not really a die-hard wackadoo.
Politics is too big a game to feel the absence of a Kamal Haasan.
Movies are truly in Kamal Haasan's blood in every sense of the term.
When Kamal Haasan did 'Nayakan,' he had done a few roles that had him aged and demanded a lot of commitment from. He was already a veteran and a master.
Kamal Haasan makes sure that his co-artists wear the safety gear when they perform stunts.