John Abraham refers award shows as ‘circus,’ says ‘I totally don’t respect awards’

John Abraham who is all set to come up with his crime-drama film ‘Mumbai Saga’ doesn’t seem to like award shows. The actor recently opened about his dislike towards awards and said ‘it’s a joke.’

The actor, who will soon be seen in the film ‘Mumbai Saga,’ refers award shows as ‘circus’ and says he maintains distance from such events.“I totally don’t respect awards. It’s a joke. It’s comical to see actors dance and then collect an award and make funny jokes,” he told IANS.

“I feel that what they are doing is not necessarily wrong or what I am doing is wrong. But I am on this side of the fence. I am quiet about it. I just don’t go for these functions. I will be a joker going to a circus, it will be demeaning and I don’t want to do that,” he said.

However, he knows that the people who are on these shows don’t see them that way. “No one is sure what will happen the next day. We are not experts here. We are sure we want to go out to the movies. We know ‘Mumbai Saga’ needs a big screen experience and deserves a big screen release and that’s what we are doing,” he said.

On his theatrical film ‘Mumbai Saga,’ he says that nothing can be predicted at the moment.

He said, “I feel that ,what they are doing is not necessarily wrong or what I am doing is wrong. But I am on this side of the fence. I am quiet about it. I just don’t go for these functions, I will be a joker going to a circus, it will be demeaning and I don’t want to do that.”

John even expressed his love for action genre films. “It’s a genre that I am comfortable with. The audience finds that space very believable with me and I, too, enjoy that space. There are actors who love song and dance and I love action. Action sequences are my item numbers,” said the actor, who has been part of many action films including ‘Shootout At Wadala’ and ‘Force. There are different kinds of roles in action films. In ‘Ek Villain’ the action was different from ‘Satyameva Jayate’. ‘Attack’ has action which is very Hollywood. Each film has a different brief,” he said.

Apart from calling awards show a circus, he also spoke about films releasing on OTT. He reveals that he will always be a big screen actor and not a subscription fee actor.