Tabu

I do whatever appeals to me. I have always made my own choices.

— Tabu

I don't care if the heroes are short. That's their problem.

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I am not closed to any new ideas. But films are my first love.

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I have never done films to prove a point to anyone; I have done them for myself.

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Most stabilizing part of my career is that I have done all genres. I hate classification.

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I never want to stick to one genre of movies and was opened to do everything.

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Working in 'Mian Maqbool' was a refreshing experience.

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I grew up in the seventies, and films for us were larger-than-life, masala entertainers.

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I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

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How can I stop acting? I don't think there is a full stop. Maybe the only time I will stop will be…

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I don't find a reason to be on Twitter or Facebook. This is my temperament, and I can't put myself out 24/7…

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I was really excited when films like 'Kaala Paani,' 'Maachis,' 'Chandni Bar' and others came my way. The sheer fact that I…

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I am the last person who has any judgement about any kind of cinema, least of all commercial cinema because I am…

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I write about different things. Anything that has affected me. Anything that I have liked. Anything that I feel strongly about. Any…

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I come from a generation that had no monitors on the sets. You had to go with the director's conviction and be…

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I avoid seeing my films as far as possible because if I don't like anything, I can't change it or do it…

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There is hunger to have good experiences with people. There will be roles and all of that. But the package of experience…

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I didn't have a set of rules, dos, and don'ts or a reference point on how I would navigate my career. I…

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I never thought I was doing any great work. I never thought I would last. In the beginning, I was terrible. I…

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I try not to get typecast in any role, any image. I feel I can do justice to every kind of role,…

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I think every actor worth his or her salt wants to do good, meaningful cinema.

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I don't think of people as out-and-out black or white.

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I don't disown feminism, but I don't believe in such labels.

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Working in 'The Namesake' was a personally enriching experience.

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I know people will only come to me with good roles.

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I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

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I wanted to be an air hostess because I wanted to see the world.

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If I am doing a certain kind of cinema, that does not mean I hate the other kind.

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One never can plan. I just did my work and enjoyed shooting for all my films.

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I did not want to do things the way they are usually done in Hindi cinema.

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As far as TV shows are concerned, I would love to do a travel show.

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Every character, before they are heroes or villains, they are human beings.

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Coming from a middle-class family in Hyderabad, I was an introvert. I chose to be the way I am.

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I like to spend time with family and friends and share my experiences with them.

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I came from Hyderabad and didn't know the difference between commercial and parallel cinema.

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As a viewer, I will go and watch only commercial films.

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I've crossed many cultural and gender barriers as a woman.

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I enjoy my work. And there are no two ways to that.

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Since I am originally from Hyderabad, I speak Telugu fluently.

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I have not done any film where my role didn't make sense.

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