The adulation from viewers is a huge stimulant for me, and it keeps me going.

The films I've done with all my heart have gone on to become huge hits. When I set out to do a 'mass masala' intending to please B and C centres, it bombs.

When Raghavendra Rao garu approached me to do a film on Lord Venkateswara, my initial response was 'What more can we do than Annamayya?' But he asked me to go through the script, and I really liked it.

I want to continue acting as long as I can because being on the sets is a big stress buster for me. I can't possibly think of stopping my visits to the sets because I'm old.

People know excessive consumption of anything is bad for health. By imposing a ban on something, we are, in a way, provoking them to do it.

It's good to have a governing body to oversee matters in making of films, but you can't blame films for what is happening in society.