Life has to be a roller coaster ride. Otherwise, what's the point of living? Why should I make a song and dance about mine?
— Dimple Kapadia
I speak Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and English.
I simply love Malayalam films because they do great cinema, and there is a whole lot of effort that goes into it.
I can do something for 30 days or 50 days. I can program myself, but I can't give my year for a shooting. No, I will die. I can't handle it.
There is a future for English films. Don't we all talk, breathe, and think in English? If we can talk and think in English, we can also make films in English.
We're in a business where we need to look good. That is what people come to see. You have to take care of yourself.
Even men used to hide their marriages because they used to feel people will not like them anymore. It's the industry which has the false notion that an actor or an actress, if married, is not desirable to the audience.
There was always a conscious effort on my part to do different cinema. It's taken time for the directors to accept me.
I know I'm blessed with good looks.
When a successful man goes to pieces, his frustration engulfs the entire surroundings.
I don't get too much work to begin with, and whatever I get is mostly not good enough.
Nobody knows the man behind Rajesh Khanna, because that never existed. In his last few days, he had told me, 'Pack up, show is over.'
I became a wife at 15 and was a mother of two at 18.
I have never struggled, and I have never done anything.
God has been very kind to me.
I think Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh are doing a fabulous job.
I have had so many gaps that I have not been consistently working, and the thing is that you get better with more work.
Everyone has problems.
It's always exciting starting a new film.
I would like to do a role that has something to do with mysticism or even a supernatural one.
I have enough to keep me going, and I love watching 'Bigg Boss.' I totally enjoy that. I don't miss any episode.
'Being Cyrus' is very young in language or grammar. I am not saying that these things can't be achieved in Hindi. All I am saying is that it would not be the same.
I am very good at comedy off screen. I wish I could translate it so that you could get to see how mad I am.
If the audience likes your work, if they like you, they don't think whether you are married or have children or not. I made that quite clear.
I can dress down, but I can't dress up. I'm not a great one for glitter.
I don't want to push myself and am happy doing one to two films a year.
I really swung between the extremes. From the danger of being ostracised by the society, I almost overnight found myself as virtually the darling of the millions.
There is no role that I look forward to.
I was 16 when I got married, and I must say he was not a normal man but a very special man. There are so many things I want to say about him, but one thing which strikes me is that he had a DNA of a superstar.
There aren't enough good scripts.
The biggest high for me was to marry Rajesh Khanna. That was a high, and I don't think my success was as much of a high as getting married to this superstar. I used to be a big fan of his; it was dream come true.
We used to take two years to complete a film, and sometimes, we used to be told on the sets that the scenes are still being written. Everything today is pre-planned.
I am a very lazy person.
Hindi cinema hasn't moved at all in terms of roles for actresses beyond 18 years.
My life is full.
If there has to be one favourite actor of mine, it has to be Rajesh Khanna.
I do watch Malayalam films, but please don't ask me which are the ones that I saw.
I am trying to do films that stay with me for some time. 'Banaras' stays with me.
I think falling in love with an older woman is not abnormal. It happens a lot in our society, but it's just that it is not accepted with open arms.
For me, filming is always like delivery pains.
Films cannot change anybody's life. That's a load of crap.
If I had to do it all over again, I would still get married at 16.
I never thought I would get a National Award. For me, it was huge, and I got complacent.
I think all my life's story is condensed in my face. It is neither innocent nor coy. It speaks volumes.
I have done enough, and I am not dissatisfied with the body of work that I have done.
Every life is special.
People feel I look younger than my age. I don't feel that way.
I have been a loner... even when I was working, you would hardly see me at any parties - unless once a year, if I have to attend some big function.
Akshay Kumar is more than a son to me. What I love about him is that there is never a dull moment with him. He is always up to some nonsense.
It takes me some time to get into what I am doing - since I am not a trained actor, I don't have that skill. I have to think of what I am doing and how it comes through.
