'Life is too short to be doing something that you do not love.'
'As an actor, I am very greedy. I feel my film should get good word of mouth, the critics must like it and it must get good box office collections.'
'When you are starting your journey, people say that's the hardest part.' 'But I feel that when you get a taste of success, when you get a taste of things working out for you, it is harder.'
'Today, music directors do not work on a song that turns out to be the biggest hit of the year.' 'Their main focus is on creating a song which becomes an instant hit.' 'Whether the audience remembers that song after a couple of months or not, that does not concern them anymore.'
'Only the press in India writes stuff like, 'supporting actor, character actor, comedic actor or action hero'.'
'In our days, we used to write letters and then there used to be phone calls.' 'We would give blank calls.' 'Now, just listen to the songs.' 'Romance has changed.'
'I have never played a character like that before -- very non-glamourous and hard-hitting.'
'My producer earns, I earn. It's a win-win situation.'
'Working with Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure again has been a dil bekaraar moment.'
'While I was leaving the show, he said, "Urfi, you are being ungrateful".' 'I was like, "Moron, I am going out of the show. What do you want me to be grateful for?"'
'All the actresses we approached for the role of Sakeena were demanding a lot of money. After a point, we collectively decided that we would cast a new face opposite Sunny Deol and the money that we would save by doing so, we would give it to Amrish Puriji and get him onboard for the role of Mayor Ashraf Ali. I was completely okay with signing a new heroine but there is no alternative to Amrish Puriji in the industry.'
"Many people in my village, who thought I could not do anything, are in shock after I won the money," Babita Tade tells Rediff.com Contributor Mohnish Singh.
'She gives me constructive criticism and makes my work even better.'
'I feel every 10 years there is a bus that leaves.' 'You have to run and get into that bus, which will take you to the next 10 years.' 'Then you have to catch the bus again.'
'He listens to you and he will do exactly what you tell him to do.'
'I preferred theatre rather than going to production houses and giving photographs. I didn't have that kind of temperament. I didn't think I was unfortunate as I have struggled so much. I feel whatever happened was for my good.'
'Recently, I received a call from A R Rahman.' 'He said, "Someone wants to talk to you".' 'Ahmed Khan was a part of the conference call. He said, 'Mehboob-bhai, I am making Heropanti 2 and you will write the lyrics".' '"Let the three of us create the same magic".'
'If you are able to speak a few lines in English, you consider yourself classy.' 'If I speak in Hindi, I am worthless in your eyes.'
'When was the last time you heard a music composer or a singer's son being launched?'
'Why do they highlight only negative things on the Weekend Ka Vaar episode?'
'Access is such a big step.' 'But once you enter those rooms, it's up to what you do in those rooms.' 'Film-making is a very expensive business and they will not put money into people they don't believe in.' 'So talent speaks at the end of the day.'
'Once Shamita and Nishant were fighting over something.' 'Raqesh was also there.' 'She tells him, "Raqesh, ask him to shut up" and Raqesh does not waste a second and tells Nishant to shut up.'
'There is no one way of being in love and there is no one way of feeling it.'
'Salman sir hears everyone out.' 'I felt Karan sir hears girls out more then the men.'
'People think about his final 48 hours and how did he become a martyr... but the life I came to know from uncle and aunty was of someone who was so full of joy and laughter.'
'The way the film has been designed is also very unique. The entire film is set in just one room.'
'Stop showing off your star power because there is nothing called star power.' 'The power is only in the script.' 'If you are getting a good script, 'Chup chaap le lo!''
'You do not need to roar to be a tigress.'
'How much longer do I have?' 'How many more opportunities will I get?' Akshaye Khanna shares his worries
'I have been hearing this for the last four generations, that this is the last generation of superstars.' 'We will not leave it for the younger generation to take it easily.' 'We will not hand it over to them.'
'He must have had a gala time playing that part.' 'When I got a chance to do that in Toofaan, I absolutely relished it.'
'Chand Chhupa Badal Mein were originally written for a film that Ram Gopal Varmaji was directing.' 'One day he said, "Mehboob, the lyrics that you have written are really beautiful, but the hero of my film is a goon. He cannot sing such beautiful lyrics".'
'I don't think you have seen any Indian actor play a character like this.'
'My brother broke down because he thought I was letting go of years of hard work.'
'I have started a series called Unsung Warriors.' 'This time, the film is about Tanhaji. The next film will be on someone from Rajasthan or maybe Punjab.' 'I don't want to pick a warrior that everyone knows about.'
'They are waiting for the kind of experience they had in the film, the kind of emotion they felt in the film.'
'I truly believe that Durga resides in us, women,' says Rani Mukerji. 'If a woman believes that and she chanalises that energy, she will be able to ward off a lot of things.'
'I think Baaghi 3 is the biggest action film that we have witnessed in recent times.'
'If anybody wants me to act in their film for free, just make me sing all the songs!' 'I don't even care about the script.'
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