Direction gives me happiness and acting gives me peace. — Suhasini Maniratnam Acting Copy Share Image
In the digital world, we have forgotten the meaning of 'persistence of vision'. Art is something we have to hold on to. — Suhasini Maniratnam Art Copy Share Image
When I am at home, I am there and when I'm shooting or doing any other thing, I concentrate on that. — Suhasini Maniratnam Concentrate Copy Share Image
Hasn't everyone written a leave letter while at school? Or sent a text message? There is a writer in all of us. — Suhasini Maniratnam Everyone Copy Share Image
When I'm acting, I'm a woman but when I am directing, I am an animal because I am very demanding. — Suhasini Maniratnam Acting Copy Share Image
Just like only qualified people should work in films, only qualified people should review the film. — Suhasini Maniratnam Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't get bored of life. I always find things that excite me. — Suhasini Maniratnam Always Copy Share Image
Chennai has amazing talent, but in terms of organization... not so much. — Suhasini Maniratnam Amazing Copy Share Image
Anant Nag and Vishuvardhan sir are two of the best actors with whom I have worked. — Suhasini Maniratnam Actors Copy Share Image
In Queen Mary's, which was an all-girls' college, I learned discipline, hard work and to be competitive. But at Madras Film Institute,… — Suhasini Maniratnam Discipline Copy Share Image
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… — Suhasini Maniratnam Allow Copy Share Image
In fact my first film ran for about 400 days. It all depends on hype, marketing and publicity, which are actually more… — Suhasini Maniratnam Days Copy Share Image
There are few teachers from the film industry to guide newcomers. One can see a gap between the film industry and those… — Suhasini Maniratnam Between Copy Share Image
There are about 250 curators in the world who keep their eyes open to choose films from around the globe for festivals.… — Suhasini Maniratnam Cinema Copy Share Image
I was 13 or 14 when I was brought from Paramakudi to Chennai by my uncle Kamal Haasan, and I lived under… — Suhasini Maniratnam Care Copy Share Image
We know of instances of stage plays being made into films. But I really think that all Tamil films can be staged;… — Suhasini Maniratnam Being Copy Share Image
The economic freedom has come to a lot of us who are lucky, but many women are still beaten up by husbands,… — Suhasini Maniratnam Come Copy Share Image
I think as film actors we are comfortable on stage because we know what the audience expects. The only tricky part is… — Suhasini Maniratnam Acting Copy Share Image
For people to understand, you can't speak 'cinema.' Cinema doesn't have alphabets, so you have to go to the local language. Even… — Suhasini Maniratnam Cinema Copy Share Image
The business of looking good is very difficult. This has often made me consider retirement from films. — Suhasini Maniratnam Business Copy Share Image
My love is music... I do not give too much importance to love and romance. — Suhasini Maniratnam Give Copy Share Image
I wish more women would come into films and give it the respectability it deserves. — Suhasini Maniratnam Come Copy Share Image
Women should be able to come out and narrate stories from their point of view. — Suhasini Maniratnam Come Copy Share Image
I only like non-fiction. After 30 pages of fiction, I think: what nonsense are they trying to write. — Suhasini Maniratnam I think Copy Share Image
After 40, every day is a bonus. We should know how to live our lives to the fullest. — Suhasini Maniratnam Bonus Copy Share Image
I stopped seeing mainstream films 15 years ago. They are absolutely unbearable. — Suhasini Maniratnam Absolutely Copy Share Image
For me, going to the gym for an hour is important not because I appear on screen, but because I am healthy. — Suhasini Maniratnam Going Copy Share Image
I am not into the mother sentiment, really. My heart is not into this ideal mother role; it does not work for… — Suhasini Maniratnam Heart Copy Share Image
I love the food of Karnataka and all the side dishes I make at home are recipes I learnt here. — Suhasini Maniratnam Food Copy Share Image
I come from a family with many dancers, my aunts learnt dance, so did Kamal Haasan and, as a child I learnt… — Suhasini Maniratnam Aunts Copy Share Image
We south Indians are clannish and comfortable about our languages. — Suhasini Maniratnam About Copy Share Image
