When I look at my audience, I think life has been kind.
— Manisha Koirala
I am completely a director's actor. If the director gives me the liberty and freedom, then I give my inputs. Otherwise, I just follow instructions.
I'm extremely unhappy with the projection of 'Tum' as a hot film. It's demeaning not just to me but to the producer and director.
I do feel at a loss for not having a child of my own at times, very much so.
I came from an affluent family, am well-known and well-read.
I think when an actress is good, roles in mid-forties is a great thing.
Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business, before the release of a film, I am nervous.
I think I am more liberated as an artiste in my late 40s.
When you have a good director, everything is taken care of.
I come from a family where we were taught to love and respect every community and religion.
Do your best and leave the rest to God.
I don't watch my old films. It's over and done with. I'm proud of my films, but who watches their movies after 20 years?
When I'm in Kathmandu, I go out into the hills and go trekking.
Life is about falling down, getting up, and moving ahead.
What we get at home is 100% organic food. We are also 90% vegetarian.
What's important is to do good work and interesting roles.
Fame will go away; people will not have interest in your work anymore. That has to happen. To overcome, all you can do is reinvent and work hard.
Truth of life is that in difficult times, my family was my backbone.
I was supposed to direct a film on Gautam Buddha. That didn't work out. A pity, because the entire script had been written. It was in English.
By and large, I think female directors are far more sensitive.
Yes, I tend to be self-critical at times. This is because during my cancer period - while I was going through the whole process of treatment - I had time to reflect.
I feel somewhere there is a fault in this whole mindset of not accepting the natural process. To age gracefully, to accept life with grace has more beauty and charm. But you have to be fit and healthy. And that is something we should strive for.
We tend to not value anything that we get for free.
I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.
Women have started speaking their minds, and men have graciously started accepting that. I love this.
I believe in all the secular values that Indian democracy is famous for.
Wherever I go, I'm followed by trouble.
I firmly believe in mind over matter.
It is good to enjoy your life, follow your passion, do things that give you joy.
I would love to play Indira Gandhi.
If you build your immune system, eat right, God knows how long you are going to live!
I've decided that whether I succeed or fail, I have to give it 100 per cent. That way, at least I know I tried.
I don't take anything personally.
One has to stay dignified about whatever is happening in life.
On one hand, I want to be successful and give my best to everything I do, but I don't want to be too consumed by anything.
Earlier, I was traveling all over the world. Then I got married. Everyone presumed I had lost interest in my career. That was not true.
I think 'Ek Chhotisi Love Story' has really damaged me. People think they can compromise my reputation and get away with it.
Cancer treatment is very expensive, and the process is painful and long. This is something that we have to collectively think about, on how to make it affordable.
Some directors are like poets.
I love working with the younger generation.
Being a woman, I want to look pretty in every phase of my life.
I don't miss what has passed. I am enjoying the present. I am not one of those people who live in the past.
I'm a Hindu and a Nepali by birth.
Life is full of risks, and often, you have to take them. Just don't be scared of taking one.
I feel that 'Saudagar' was the best debut for me. I wouldn't want it any other way.
Every director, when they make a film, their souls speak. The kind of stories they choose to make, it shows their souls.
I am looking to play powerful characters and as far as biopics are concerned.
The moment I started watching my thoughts, I realized how futile fear is.
I'm a spontaneous actress, not a studied one.
There is nothing compared to the feeling of losing life. The moment when you are close to death is nothing but a profound experience.
