I struggled to kick the habit - I would make a decision to give up smoking, but it was hard. I couldn't resist the urge to steal a smoke. It was at that time that I was gifted Allen Carr's book 'The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.' After I read that book, I didn't touch a fag again.

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Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good.

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Comforting Wealth comes by good work, by wisdom it increases, cleverness stabilizes it and by patience it is preserved.

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Whenever you have to fall, fall carefully!

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Best way to get away from negative feelings and emotions is to involve ourselves without getting involved. It comes by practice and is beneficial for our health; be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.

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Fighting with self!! Why not? If we can live in harmony with self, we also have a full right to fight ourselves as well.

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Life is eternal; death only punctuates it for a short while. After a little break life starts again. Death is ultimate truth; life is truth beyond ultimate. Life is never destroyed; it just keeps on changing shapes. Endless processes are attached with this life; many stages are there in this grand journey of life. From an insect to an enlightened soul it keeps on changing. Creation is always beautiful in the beginning. It can be beautiful all the time also. What is purpose of life? It's evolution to higher levels

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I was 13 - 14 when I first tasted stardom. In the summer holidays, my dad made me act in these films that went on to become superhits. I became a child star.

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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.

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Moderate aspirations lead to a contended life. I don't have to buy the airplane and I can't drive the tank!!

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Puja (worship) is offering to God, prathana (prayer) is demanding from God. When we pray by offering all our karma and even ourselves to God, the prayer fruitifies.

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In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.

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I'm very thankful to all my fans for their constant love and support. I am what I am because of their unconditional love.

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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.

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My father is an amazing person. While he was a huge star, he never carried his stardom home and always remained simple and just our father at home. I have four siblings, and we were all very grounded. We lived a very simple life: would go in an auto rickshaw to school, played with normal boys.

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In modern life, we tend to forget family values because of the hectic schedule.

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I don't want to smoke on screen, as I will be sending a wrong message to my fans, and I appeal to my costars too, to avoid smoking scenes if possible.

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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.

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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.

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'Selvandhan' is my first dubbed venture, which will release simultaneously with the original. It is a family drama. It has familiar Tamil faces, and I hope it does well.

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I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.

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