Akshay Kumar shares how he deals with box office failures: 'you just have to keep going on'

Actor Akshay Kumar, who has had back-to-back flops at the box office, opened up on how he deals with criticism and said that he has the 'ability to move on extremely quickly'.

In an interview with Financial Express, Akshay said that he has had many cycles of ups and downs in his life. He said the one common thing is that when going is good there are all praises and when it's not it's more criticism than you can imagine.

He shared that what keeps him going is the same will he had on the first day he started work. Akshay said he loves working and no one can take that away from him.

'What keeps me going is the same will I had on the first day I started work, I love working! And no one can take that away from me. You just have to keep going on, there is no other way,' he said.

When asked if box office numbers bother him, Akshay said that they are made or broken because of that. He said the audience tells them if they're right or wrong and if the film doesn't work that's the time for the actor to change.

'We are made or we are broken because of the box office numbers. That’s what you call hits and flops. The audiences tell us when we are right and where we are going wrong, and all that is reflected in the box office numbers because if a film does not work, that means people didn’t come to see it, which in turn means that they didn’t connect to it. And it means that’s the time for you to change,' he said.

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