Ileana D'Cruz

I was always a very self-conscious person and was picked on for my body type. I used to feel low and sad…

— Ileana D'Cruz

I was always like the wallflower.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I have a lot of dignity and am my own woman who does not dance to anyone's tunes.

— Ileana D'Cruz

My basic knowledge about Punjabi comes from films.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I'm a Goan girl.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I personally feel my equation with Varun Dhawan is on a different level. I share a great rapport with him. He is…

— Ileana D'Cruz

I am glad that after 'Rustom,' I did 'Mubarakan' and then 'Baadshaho,' as it explores my range as an actor.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I am a public figure, but I am not public property.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I am very critical about the way I look.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I'm aware that I am flawed. I'm aware that I have issues. I'm aware that I need to be able to be…

— Ileana D'Cruz

I always wanted to play a Punjabi girl because I always found them very colourful, in a way. There's always a spark…

— Ileana D'Cruz

At the end of the day, you are doing the film for the audience.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I think what matters is whatever you do on screen should be good irrespective of the time you have on screen.

— Ileana D'Cruz

My father worked as a mechanical draftsman at Mazagaon Docks and is a Catholic. My mum was a Muslim, so my parents…

— Ileana D'Cruz

When I was working in south films, I never understood how films were made.

— Ileana D'Cruz

My mum is a rock star, and I idolise her. She was born in a conservative Muslim family, where the girls were…

— Ileana D'Cruz

I had a different perception of what a relationship or love is like. I was all giddy-headed and fairytale about it in…

— Ileana D'Cruz

The elegance of a sari or the flirtiness of a lehenga is matchless.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I love wearing very simple colours.

— Ileana D'Cruz

Films happened to me accidentally when I met Marc Robinson in a hotel in Goa, where my mum worked as a supervisor.…

— Ileana D'Cruz

It would be prudish to say, 'I don't want to be a prop in a film,' because there are certain films I've…

— Ileana D'Cruz

A lot of people say I am very mysterious. It takes a lot to know me.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I love music, I love to sing, but I am terrified of singing in public.

— Ileana D'Cruz

I was a complete tomboy. You'd never see me wearing skirts.

— Ileana D'Cruz

Acting is a career where you keep learning with every film you do.

— Ileana D'Cruz