It's nice to fool around with clothes, and that comes from some recklessness. I suddenly feel like wearing a lungi and a jacket, and now I have the access to do what I want. When I was doing theatre, my Muslim friends would invite me to an Iftar party, and I'd go wearing a dhoti while others would be in a kurta-pyjama.

Vijay Deverakonda

Categorized in : Me Fool Clothes Friends

Exploring the dark side of my characters' personality is my forte.

Vijay Deverakonda

side dark-side personality dark

I can't show, let alone share, my emotions. In fact, I've kept it all locked up within myself all my life. Yeah, it's a problem, especially when it comes to relationships with the people close to me.

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alone myself me life

There are a lot of grey areas in my personality. We all have them.

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them lot grey personality

I am comfortable with doing mistakes. It's a normal thing. If a mistake happens because of my own decision, I am OK with it.

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mistakes i-am decision mistake

Cricket, politics, and cinema is what a majority in our country are most passionate about. They have the power to divide the best of friends depending on which side you are on.

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best you politics power

I feel very awkward about receiving attention for the wrong reasons.

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wrong feel awkward attention

I have always fought for respect, I have always fought for survival, so fighting is nothing new to me.

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new me respect fighting

We all observe political leaders and scams. People are affected because of political apathy. We all get frustrated because of what we witness. 'NOTA' was a platform to vent my frustration.

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observe frustration political people

Once you become an actor, you have to say goodbye to your personal life.

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your you goodbye life

The approach I take in selecting a script is based on what I fancy from the the scripts I'm offered.

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script take fancy approach

No two people react to things the same way, and even the same person reacts differently at a different time.

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react time people way

I am constantly evolving. If I believe in a particular philosophy today, I may have a contradictory opinion tomorrow.

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i-am tomorrow today believe

To the Tamil media, I have mostly interacted in English since I am not fluent in Tamil.

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am english i-am media

I think there is no need for anything. There is only a choice of role that an actor has to make. He must live by it.

Vijay Deverakonda

live need choice think

I like Chandrababu Naidu because he is the person who developed the city of Hyderabad and created the software boom. I also like K.T. Rama Rao for his work and the way he helps through Twitter and responds to many causes.

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person city work way

Post-'Pellichoopulu,' I received a lot of offers from Tamil industry. I decided I won't do a Tamil film unless I know the language. If I want to do it, I wanted to do it perfectly.

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know film language want

Everybody in the two Telugu states, especially the residents of Vijayawada, love both cinema and politics. And 'NOTA' is a cinema with a political subject.

Vijay Deverakonda

cinema politics political love

Those trying to drag me down through piracy, I want to tell them that I will somehow achieve what I want. I am focused enough to achieve what I want and give the audience what I can.

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i-am down me i-can

A learning experience is the best way to sum up my first film credit. It's hard to break into the film industry, and it was a minor role but still my only shot at the movies while I was doing theater.

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best experience learning way

My father came to Hyderabad to become an actor, took an acting course, and realised he was camera conscious.

Vijay Deverakonda

camera become acting father