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Bengalureans have a heart of gold.
I prefer to work behind the camera.
College education teaches you humility.
I am a humble speaker, I speak very well.
My parents and their well-being comes before my work.
Direction gives me happiness and acting gives me peace.
I stay in Chennai but my heart is beating for Kannada films.
I don't get bored of life. I always find things that excite me.
I would like to give one message: Live life light with a smile.
We south Indians are clannish and comfortable about our languages.
I don't really like event managing - I don't even manage my house.
All art cinema is not great; some of the films can put you to sleep.
Vittorio De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' changed my very idea of cinema.
Chennai has amazing talent, but in terms of organization... not so much.
I have a great sense of humour. I am teasing, taunting and authoritative.
Films are a fantastic medium and the huge impact they have cannot be denied.
Women should be able to come out and narrate stories from their point of view.
Those who respect the intelligence of the common man have always been masters.
I stopped seeing mainstream films 15 years ago. They are absolutely unbearable.
I don't believe in multitasking. I rather believe in doing one thing at a time.
We women want to take the easy way out. I appreciate men because they take risks.
Anant Nag and Vishuvardhan sir are two of the best actors with whom I have worked.
I wish more women would come into films and give it the respectability it deserves.
After 40, every day is a bonus. We should know how to live our lives to the fullest.
I do things normal event managers cannot do, thanks to my years in the film industry.
Kannada was easy for me to learn because it's casual and easy; no frills, unlike Tamil.
Though I read and speak Malayalam, Malayalis won't accept outsiders speaking their language.
Actors should be writers. While a writer puts the story on paper, an actor puts it on screen.
I love the food of Karnataka and all the side dishes I make at home are recipes I learnt here.
When I'm acting, I'm a woman but when I am directing, I am an animal because I am very demanding.
After 40, women forget they are women. There's a certain liberation and we get to know ourselves.
Just like only qualified people should work in films, only qualified people should review the film.
I only like non-fiction. After 30 pages of fiction, I think: what nonsense are they trying to write.
When there is growth economically and in industry, I think there should be growth in information also.
The business of looking good is very difficult. This has often made me consider retirement from films.
With summer in Chennai, I am struggling with my long hair. I do my own hair-dos which are comfortable.
For me, going to the gym for an hour is important not because I appear on screen, but because I am healthy.
Technology has definitely changed a lot, and it has made the medium of cinema very accessible for aspirants.
Every language will have different nuances. But language cannot be the basis for discrimination or exclusion.
Hasn't everyone written a leave letter while at school? Or sent a text message? There is a writer in all of us.
I think if an actor is not able to pronounce their own dialogues, no matter what language, you are not an actor.
I am not into the mother sentiment, really. My heart is not into this ideal mother role; it does not work for me.
I come from a family with many dancers, my aunts learnt dance, so did Kamal Haasan and, as a child I learnt it, too.
In the digital world, we have forgotten the meaning of 'persistence of vision'. Art is something we have to hold on to.
Yes, my uncle wanted me to be a cinematographer and he was disappointed when I gave up that dream to become an actress.
I have a long time association with Prince jewellery and the only piece of jewellery I wore for my wedding was designed by them.
I hate myself seconds after I've gotten angry but it's too late by then. I start defending my actions after that. It's shameful.
Most people don't even know that I have another side to me. They only know me as an actor. But I keep doing different kinds of things.
I have got lot of appreciation for my performances in many Kannada films. In fact, I got the best roles of my career in Kannada films.
My husband won't remake films and won't allow anyone to remake his films. It's like making your child study like your neighbour's child.