'Creative impulses ek lifetime mein pura nahi ho payega.'

'My family are the mainstream audience and think I am wasting my time. Until I make a...

'I've not been doing much work because I was not getting the kind of roles I want to do.'

'Sunny sir keeps me distracted from my morning sickness.'

'With Chhaava, we had to look from a different lens.''We had to write it in such a way...

'I have always looked at people and said, 'You just have to accept. You just have to...

'It's always the men who are going crazy, barbaad. They never show a woman going crazy...

'The sincerity and commitment to art is something you don't see much these days; it's...

'It was the toughest of roles because he had to change quickly behind the sofa and come...

'I did not fall for the box office pressures.'

'When they took my name, I went numb.''Before I went on stage, my dress got caught in...

'I couldn't see the injury but I knew it was bad from the expression on Aamir's face.'

'I was in serious depression during the shooting of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.''I realised...

'I need to work to find some joy in this life.'

'Aamir is really competitive. I feel that also keeps him young.'

'We've had our fights, and our laughs too.'

'When there is a money crunch in the industry, actors like us are the ones who face...

'...despite all his horses, elephants, tanks and swords.''A determination to hold fast...

'Ashram made people realise that Bobby Deol can play different characters.''It was the...

'Thanks to Chhaava's success, I now have the creative freedom to pick and choose.'

'My journey has just been so different. Each character has been so different.'

'Mrs shows a dark side to the son and the father.''I had to do things that I wouldn't...

'Everybody was scared, especially with Rajesh Khanna playing a double role and playing...

'Post COVID, people are much more enthusiastic about going to concerts.''The live music...

'I insisted only Jaideep could play Inspector Haathiram Chaudhary.''Yes, Jaideep is a...

'When I am working on a series, be it Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime or Kohrra on Netflix,...

'There were moments where I simply couldn't look away from her.'

'More than the shooting dabbas which we take with us, it's about what's going in their...

'No woman is stronger than one who acknowledges her vulnerabilities.'

'It's no more just art and skills, it's a business.'

'My health is allowing me to work harder compared to the previous two years.''I'm...

'The value of a human being is being lost. That's my biggest worry.'

'At the airport, some people held me like a mother holds her child's cheeks. I have...

'If I'm playing Shah Rukh Khan's role, then of course, I would have loved to do it.'

'I was feeding off the bond that Ansari and Hathiram had formed during season one.'

'We rarely see films that comment on a failed man-woman relationship.'

'Four days before the shoot, I cut down my water intake to just one litre per day,...

'I used to plan my life earlier, but life does not go according to a plan.''So now, I...

'I'm slowly trying to separate my body, the shape and size of it, from my self-worth.'

'When The Mehta Boys was offered to me, I wasn't very sure.''I was doing Bambai Meri...

'It would be difficult for us to run jails if it wasn't for murderers.'

'We have to keep knocking on it before we get a response.'

'I always say that if somebody is not coming from a billionaire background, if they...

'There is strength and beauty in silence.'

'It's the work that counts.'

'When the girls said they want to play football, the mothers were encouraging.''It was...

'We were asked to add a dialogue where the politician says she admires Mrs Gandhi.'

'A lot of people are famous. But for how long will you be there?''It changes after...

'I go to Salmanbhai every day before the shoot.''I write straight scenes, simple...

'I want to break the notion that models can't act.'

'His understanding of human nature and emotions can never be matched by me.'

'I believe India is very different from Bombay, Delhi and Kolkata.'

'At the age of 68, I am in the best phase of my life.''What I have left of my life, I...

'Everything in life is about timing.''I came to films when the disco craze had...

'Two males in the same house, one who is trying to become a man, and the other one is...

'It feels great to carry on this musical tradition.'

'He had a knife in each hand.''And something just kind of took over and I just grabbed...

'It is, in a way, my mother's story.'

'I always hope to find new stories, new characters, something I could challenge myself...

'These people got caught in Pakistan, and jailed for a year-and-a-half, their release...

'When I bought my first car after Secret Superstar, Junaid said, what a waste of money,...

Dr Theyiesinuo Keditsu, a professor of English Literature with PhD and MPhil degrees,...

'My two life mantras are prioritisation and compartmentalisation.''Prioritisation...

'I've had a 10-and-a-half year journey behind the camera and people don't know who I am.'

'But when we actually express ourselves, sometimes our parents can surprise us, because...

'If some people want to see something dirty in an act of pure affection, I feel sorry...

'Being signed on as the leading man of Hero came to me like a bolt out of the blue.'

'I stood in the line for potty. So there was no extraordinary feeling that I had become...

'My mantra on set to actors has always been, 'Feel... feel'.' 'And Preity would say,...

'We didn't create the Angry Young Man persona for Amitabh Bachchan.''We created the...

'Your relationship with your child is changing every single day, ditto your...

'It hit me, there has to be a better use of technology.''It's very difficult to survive...

'I will never ever forget Paatal Lok 2 because I left for the shoot the night I got...

'The incident has underlined that you can't leave anything to chance or take anything...

'He is one of the most down-to-earth and hardworking guys I know, and that's true of...

'Modiji remaining healthy and happy is something I pray for all the time.'

'It's important for me now to choose characters that fairly represent the women of today.'

'The opportunity to live as the Serpent excited me.'

'I hope to serve stories and characters to the best of my ability.'

'He has always let us do our own thing but if we ever need anything, he is there with...

'When you are in new waters, you have to follow the rules of that water.'

'This is the age where if you Blinkit, you will get things in eight minutes.''But...

'I've never seen Ramuji cry... even when his father passed away.''But after the special...

'In Mumbai, isolation is a very different isolation.''It's not about actual physical...

'When you try to do something that's not been tried before, nobody likes that.'

'The more popular, the more work, the more money.'

'Failure teach you far more than your successes do you.''Like they say, success has...

'...it was for a very, very big lead actor.''I looked at it and saw how beautiful she...

'...just be neutral about everything.''I will just take life as it comes.'

'Each of us will have a beautiful story to tell about him because he went beyond work...

'We watched the film many times but each time, we would cry.''During the editing and...

'He treated stars and assistants with the same unfailing courtesy.'

'Konkona just walked up, and both of us froze. She was tearing up, and I was like this...

'Being in his company was learning at every moment.'

'I had to make sure that our much misunderstood erstwhile prime minister did not get a...

'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'

'He used to do his homework before singing a song.''He used to find out who the hero of...

Rahul Rawail remembers his mentor Raj Kapoor.

'What scares me is the fact that there is so much content that people have content...

'It's very heartening because it's a kind of underdog story and you know, we're not a...

'My father is a businessman and he has gone through a lot of ups and down.''When I see...

'Imagine having a conversation with your parents, where you say, "I want to break up...

'A struggling actor once came to me and told me there's no work.''I said when there's...

'Even actresses who are mothers play leading roles. There's also been a dramatic shift...

'Earlier, the comedy track used to run parallel to the main story with songs et...

'Had these leaders known that Jinnah was dying...'

'The Zomato delivery guy wants to click a picture with you.''My car has gone for...

'About whether I'm worried it will blow up into something, no, I'm used to these...

'That day, I remember I said, can I hug you? And I gave him a big, tight hug.'

'If I got more work, I would do even more! Recently, I did the Tanishq ad.''I keep...

'Akhil is a good boy and deserves every happiness.''Zainab is a lovely girl and I am so...

'People think that because there are so many OTT platforms, roles should just fall into...

'Today, if someone spits on us, we are ready to kill them, but these men, without...

'I will never go against my comfort zone in terms of outfits. So, I refused Housefull.'

'When a film goes beyond the specified level of audio standards, it starts affecting...

''Shoojitda's prep was unique and a nice, refreshing change for me.''In the three to...

'I have no idea why I was so many film-makers' choice for Jinnah. I assume it is...

'One day, I would love to have a house there.'

'It is a blessing to work at home. My family is always around me. I think that's what...

'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a...

'After being married for almost 18 years, and since there was never any rancour between...

'There's so much innocence in her expression of sexual curiosity.'

'I would think a hundred times before I wrote a gay character or a mentally challenged...

'Whatever you do will spark controversies, so it is best do what your heart tells you...

'I want to just haso, hasao and khush raho.'

'I really want to do comedy.'

'There's a very strong feeling of sisterhood that I feel is missing in Indian...

'Mom trusted the wrong people, and let the wrong kind of elements get into our life.'

'Hopefully, in 10 years, I will cross over.''I'll be doing Hindi stuff, but hopefully,...

'I don't think it's too late.'

'Varun was so exhilarated with the intense physical action sequences.''Samantha is very...

'It was my job to read out their lines to the actors and make sure they spoke them with...

'Here is a man who's always pushing the envelope regardless of the...

'I was completely in awe of him. After the shot was okayed, I would quickly run back to...

'If there's something that is more progressive and more modern, I would love to do it.'

'I may not have accrued a large bank balance, but I think I've earned something far...

'Her love for the story -- be it understanding the story quickly or reading the script,...

'I'm happy piggybacking on his stardom.'

'Whenever people say to me that all my work looks unique, I say to them originality is...

'I've never done anything cliche and I've never got anything cliche.'

'There are some things I may not be comfortable about. Explicit things and all that.'

'I have no family (in the industry), no network, no mentor.''Still, I'm consistently...

'I don't know of any happy moment in my life which has helped me to grow, whereas pain...

'She was my only choice to play Sonbai. The moment she read the script, she slipped...

'...be it a comedy, thriller or a love story.''The bhindi costs Rs 30 per kilo, but the...

'The work of a film-maker is going out and making films.''And if you are in prison for...

'I made it very clear even at the casting process that there was going to be a lot of...

'I don't think I ever lost the confidence as an actor.'

'When a child is born, he is born crying, and he grows up looking for laughter.''So...

Rajesh Khanna: 'When I saw Namak Haram at a trial at Liberty cinema, I knew my time was...

'It must have been the nervous excitement of shooting with THE Amitabh Bachchan. I had...

Amitabh Bachchan: 'Success didn't affect me at all.'Rajesh Khanna: 'I felt next to God!'

When you are in love, you are preoccupied just with that.''Nothing else registers. It's...

'Rekha and my wife were close friends, and my so-called cold war with Rekha was causing...

'She was lying there and I mustered up enough guts to lay next to her and hold her...

'The war ended in 2009 and I believe the new generation of Tamils don't know what was...

'At one time, I felt being a mother was the ultimate experience, a woman was not...

'Our analysis of success, like failure, is so reductive and so one dimensional that we...

'Her outrageous comments cannot be allowed to slide under the crack.''She has...

'My trajectory right now is five steps forward, two steps backwards.'

'Romance not in a physical manner maybe, but, you know, where you are just sharing...

'Representing our country is a wonderful honour and a mighty task that we are all...

'I'm there in every frame of this film.''The film is named after the character that I...

'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a...

'There are very few chances that I can give good mileage.''A smaller, lighter car will...

'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.''If I direct, it will be a human...

'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the...

'Outside the house, he was this iconic deified figure.''Inside, he was a sorted-out,...

'Mohanlal and Akshay are two actors who trust me implicitly.'

'How to hold people's attention is challenging.'

'This story has been always there since my childhood because of missing people.''I...

'In anything in life, privilege helps.''Privilege means access. Access means...

'If you're a person who's not comfortable going out to parties for networking, don't do...

'Out of sight, out of mind happens.'

'That comparison, "Oh look at Vicky, do you also see yourself being that successful in...

'At the age of 25, there are still no work offers coming your way, so how do you move...

'Women, come out and speak.'

'At his wedding with Patralekha, I officiated as the groom's father as Raj has lost...

'God can you get work, but once you get it, you have to do it with honesty and put your...

'Salman wanted to do the interview properly. That's why he was nervous, you know, that...

'In the audience's mind there is no urgency to go see a film in the theatre.''If you...

'You're going to have your own journey and that can be very beautiful.''It can also be...

'When I started to step into the West in 2006, I believed India was not going to be the...

Ila Arun on music, movies and threatre.

'I was one of those children who didn't feel I had to adhere to instructions on how to...

'If people think that films that are happy or light, or comedy or romance are not...

'I am 7 feet and 7 inches tall.'

'The kind of things they were writing, 'Oh, what is this, she's overacting at her...

'You have to keep working hard.''The universe sees that in you and the higher power...

'Nobody likes preachy stories. When you lace it with humour, it works.'

'You can expect bohut kuch. Our dreams are big about the larger plan.'

'It was a very disorganised industry back then and people were very disrespectful...

'Now I have understood that an actor needs to switch on and off between action and...

'I have had my share of unpleasant situations being a woman, like so many other actors...

'It's taken me very long to get my foot into the door. But the kind of work or central...

'It's a struggle for everybody, even established people are struggling.'

'Jitendra Pratap Singh (his character in Vedaa) believes in the divisive politics of...

'If you ask me where I want my career to go, I have been saying this for a long time: I...

'When my mom saw my performance in Dhoka, she loved it.''She said, "I don't know why I...

'My boy doesn't show his feelings to anyone but I knew he was unhappy.''To see him...

'In Krrish, I was playing Hrithik's child version.''I also did Ishq Vishk with Shahid...

'I have been through a lot of auditions and the first thing we are told is that there...

'I used to think I'll become a big heroine by 21-22, then I'll make a big, successful...

'It went from me being scared and intimidated by him to me being very aggressive and...

'I believe one should never disrespect their elders but if the person does not know how...

'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine,...

'The film industry has a lot of competition. You don't always get the roles you want.'

'...something that should be discussed because it is a very important part of life.'

'But it was dicey as he was still in jail.'

'I always gave my best, even to what people considered to be trashy content.'

'This is not a fight just for Sushant, it is a fight against a system that suppresses...

'I didn't want the sequence to look like an orgy.'

'It was fun trying to regulate ourselves and keep it in the family zone and yet, be...