Quotes from Akshay Kumar


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It's my goal to make martial arts compulsory for girls in school. In China, you have to do two years of martial arts' training without which you cannot get a graduation degree.


I'm not hungry for success. I am only hungry for good work, and that is how it is with most superstars. Every day I tell myself how fortunate I am to be where I am.


When you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief.


I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.


I'm a realist. Where I come from, 'phenomenons' don't exist. I'm from a land where people make mistakes and try again, harder, faster; where negativity is not an option.


I do not stick to rules when cooking. I rely on my imagination.


I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.


Ever since I started my career, I have been busy with four to five releases a year. I enjoy being busy.


Superstars come and go. I want to make sure I am always a producer's actor. I may be refused to be called a great actor but I have never troubled any of my producers in my life. Honesty always catches the camera, and that is what my strength is.


Work is work, but family is for life. That's what really matters to me.


Why bother with Google when I have a wife who knows everything about everything!


Youth is a lifestyle; it's not a blessing from God. If we treat our bodies as if they are not the most precious things we possess, then obviously we will show wear and tear. We're like a good pair of jeans. If we take care of them, they'll remain classic forever, but if we batter and abuse them they'll look like tattered old rags.


I have a great time cooking and eating Thai green chicken curry.


Always think twice before you decide to do anything for a film. It may seem like a career-changing idea, but think of your family and your future before doing anything risky. Train properly, because looking strong and being strong are two different things.


There's absolutely nothing irrational about me; insane, yes, irrational, no. But my dumbest fear would be spinning in the magic tea cups. Who the hell wants to pay to spin around like a bent yoyo for laughs?


It takes two hands to clap! I cannot be solely blamed for what happened in my relationships! If things soured, it happened because of both parties. Not just me!


On every birthday, I ask my wife, 'What would you like this year?' and her instant reply is, 'Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds!' I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants me!


I savour the adulation and love I have been getting from my fans and the blessings of elders in my family.


I always check my harness before I do a stunt; I test-drive the cars I have to race or explode; I'm present at all pyrotechnical rehearsals; and I walk through everything step-by-step. No man should put their life in someone else's hands unless they have covered their own safety from all angles.


My love for sports will never die. I love martial arts and I want to promote it in whichever way I can. I am a fighter first, then an actor.