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.
I was a huge Kamal Haasan fan, but not really a die-hard wackadoo.
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.
When you see the phase of 60s and 70s, the craze for Dev Anand and actors of that era, it still exists in south. The craze is huge but that's also for stars like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal, especially for male stars.
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.
Movies are truly in Kamal Haasan's blood in every sense of the term.
Politics is too big a game to feel the absence of a Kamal Haasan.
Kamal Haasan makes sure that his co-artists wear the safety gear when they perform stunts.
For an actor with his experience, Kamal Haasan's never shown a complacent 'Been there; done it' attitude.
In the beginning, in 1975, just how big a star Kamal Haasan was, today's generation does not know.
I'm not going to lie; having acting greats like Kamal Haasan and Sarika as parents has, in a sense, opened doors.
'Marmayogi' has a budget of Rs 110 crore, and I think only a gifted person like Kamal Haasan can do justice to such a film.
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.
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.
Often our onscreen personas are different from who we are. Actors like Kamal Haasan, who is such a genius, has never played a role close to what he is in real life.