People surly wants to copy Akki’s King-size lifestyle but whose lifestyle he wants to adopt “I really like Danny Dengzongpa’s lifestyle. He doesn’t work during March, April, and May because it’s too hot. He has his own company and he does just one or two films on his own terms and conditions. He doesn’t work for more than eight hours. He is happy and content with whatever he has. He has a lovely place and a lovely family. And I think that’s brilliant. He goes alone to the mountain, sits and simply plays the flute or sings. I talk to him a lot about such things. I admire him,” admits Akshay.

So what stops you from having this life? “Nothing yet. I remember he said, ‘Don’t worry Akshay you can start having this life at the age of 48, you are still very young.’ I still have five years to go.”

Other than your past films and yourself, who are you in competition with? “I don’t like competition. I know it’s supposed to be healthy, but I don’t like it at all. I hate it. I don’t compete. There are far more films than there are actors so what’s to compete for? I don’t understand.”

But how far would you go to get ahead of someone? “I don’t want to go anywhere, let alone how far? I’m totally content in my life and space. Even when I became the highest taxpayer, it was said that I had beaten so and so... I mean, I just do so many films and that is why I have to pay so much tax.”

What about camps? “I believe in being comfortable with people I am working with. So if that means having a camp, it’s fine. I work with a set of people comfortably, I earn from them, they earn from me, and our sensibilities are similar.”

What is the last thing you check when you leave the house? “When I am going somewhere with my wife I check if I've taken my wallet. When I am going alone there isn't really anything to check, I just sit in the car and go.”

Tell us about your wild reputation... “Before I got married, I was a man and after I got married, I became a married man. So it's not that the reputation was not true, it was very much, but what's wrong with that. I thank my stars that I am a man. And whatever relationships I have had in my life It is a known fact.”

But the reputation continues... “I am linked with anyone I work with. The media has become very strong; they can write whatever they want. I read and laugh about it. They connect me with anyone, anyhow and they do that with everyone. It's not that I am the only one. It's part and parcel of the game.”

So what does Akshay Kumar fear? “There are so many things. Insecurity is the main one. Actually, I fear fear.”