Quotes from Akshay Kumar

I like working with south Indian directors because they are very disciplined. They visualize their entire story and screenplay in their heads even before they start shooting, which I respect. They finish their work on time. Being a disciplinarian myself, this suits my style.

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.

I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to do action.

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.

Mixed Martial Arts is a dangerous practice that could result in injuries and loss of life.

It feels wonderful to be go back to the 1940s and recreate the whole era through my clothes, voice and body language. I am tired of playing the larger-than-life hero.

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

It drives me nuts how I rely on my wife for everything. I can't imagine a day without her!

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

For a guy who used to steal watches on the streets of Chandni Chowk for kicks, I surely think my success at the age of 22 was pretty early!

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

I can cook because my life depended on it when I lived in Thailand. Either I learnt cooking, or I learnt how it felt to starve. I chose cooking.

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

I do not hold God ransom to my success; whatever is his will is my way. I stand by moments; I do not stand by time.

Linen is good because it looks trendy and at the same time it's very comfotable

I have never believed in being part of any one group or camp.

Mixed Martial Arts is wonderful to watch, it is very practical but dangerous at the same time. You have to be very careful when doing something like that.

I could break bricks with my hands when I was 12.

I savour the adulation and love I have been getting from my fans and the blessings of elders in my family. Fourteen years have given me a lot and I can't thank God and the industry enough.

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.

Martial art has always been my first love.

Journalists ask me all the time, 'Akshay, do you believe in the numbers game?' My standard response: 'I can't count, that's why I have producers and accountants who calculate for me. As long as I have them in my life, I don't need to worry about numbers!'

I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since.

I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not.