Kamal Hassan, well known as Universal Hero by the fans, a Tamilian by birth, is an Indian film actor and director, considered among the leading method actors of Tamil cinema. Kamal Haasan made his film debut as a 6-year-old child artiste, in the 1960 film, Kalathur Kannamma, directed by A. Bhimsingh. Kamal Haasan first received a regional Filmfare Award for acting for his role in the Malayalam film Kanyakumari (1974).

He married actresses Vani Ganapathi first and later Sarika who bore him two children: Akshara Haasan and Shruthi Haasan. He divorced her and started living in with Gauthami, another famous Indian film actress of yesteryears. They were separated in 2016 from their live-in relationship. In February 2018 as he was gearing up to announce his party and it’s guiding principles, he declared he will abandon acting to realize his political aspirations. Kamal Haasan has been inspiration to many aspiring actors.

Here are the top 10 inspirational quotes of Kamal Haasan.

1. I’m an improved version of whatever you’ve seen earlier.

2. It’s a challenge, in previous generation there have not been friends like me and Rajinikanth.

3. I am a 21st century man. I don’t believe in magic. I believe in sweat, tears, life and death.

4. People ask me, “is yours an atheistic principle?”
Boldly I reply “No”.
Atheism is my tool. Humanism is my principle.

5. Religious people are so convinced that only their religion is right choice. But I don’t see them asking for Hindu blood, Muslim blood or Christian blood at the blood bank when they need it at medical emergency.

6. I don’t need a god who doesn’t feed a hungry child today, but promises you a heaven tomorrow.

7. The moment I started to act in cinema I decided this would be my bread butter and jam. After coming to know what is cinema I started to explore and decided to learn all the nuances of film making and I am still learning. I approach all my movies like that only.

8. I have great respect for the unconditional teachers called “books”. Because from a book, you can either learn, or you can’t.

9. I’m a son of Socrates. If you give me a cup of poison, I will sip it and speak my freedom.

10. Thanks to history books, I have realised that people over the years have been dying of war, and that enabled me to realise that there is nothing stupid like war.