Tamannaah

Queen' is an interesting film, and I have always been motivated by roles that help alleviate women empowerment in some form.

Every actor, male or female, is paid what he or she is worth. There is no inflated sum or underpaying in the industry.

I am indeed fortunate to work with some reputed directors like Balaji Sakthivel, Sekhar Kammula, and KV Anand sir. Each one of them has a different style, and every day is a learning experience for me.

It doesn't matter about the length of the role. I don't do films for the number of scenes. I go for the quality of my character in the film and the impact that I will have.

As a kid, I wanted to be an actress, but ambition and reality are two different things.

Even when I had three Hindi films happening at the same time, Tamil and Telugu will always be an important industry considering I started my career there.

I think 'Happy Days' was huge and an unexpected high point of my career. I was a newcomer at that time, and I was fortunate to get such a role in the film. 'Paiyya' was another highpoint, as it opened up Kollywood for me.

There are ups and down in one's career.

After a series of failures, to be part of a project like 'Baahubali: The Beginning' is dream-like, and it's easily the most unexpected thing of my career.

Completing your performance with your own voice is so important. It's not only my face and expressions... the voice added to it always feels good.

I choose my films in a way that helps me do justice to all of them. Also, I like doing time-consuming films like 'Baahubali'; it's sometimes more rewarding than doing lots of small films.

My confidence is my strength.