I think the ability to empathize with another person's experience and go into the trajectory of their journey is challenging.
It is important for the film industry to rise above ageism.
Roles for women need to be better written.
If you are asking me whether I would want to have kids, I would say obviously I want them. It's only natural after a certain phase in life.
I don't give in and I don't believe in giving up. This comes naturally to me, I know no other way.
Children are my favorite people, because they inspire me with their optimism and spirit.
Every child must have a childhood they deserve. But unfortunately, millions of children are deprived childhood and their dreams crushed under the burden of poverty.
Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.
I look for gravitas and substance that can outlast the theatrical experience.
I have always believed that cinema is one of the greatest instruments of positive social change. Stories can be light, engaging and poignant, but they need to say something.
It takes a lot of drive to succeed as an independent producer.
I have always expressed my opinion fearlessly. To not express the truth is far more frightening.
People all over the globe love to see women in a sari. I always love to be draped in one as well.
As a child, I remember seeing what a struggle it was for both my parents to accommodate and adjust to the idea of not being together. They cared for each other deeply; they loved each other. They just couldn't stay together because they wanted different things from life and sometimes, it happens.
My stepfather was an exemplary human being. It took me a lot of time to accept him as a parent. But what he did intelligently was he befriended me.
I lost my biological father when I was 9, I lost my stepfather at 23. Both men had such a deep impact in my understanding of life.
Failure at the box office of some of my earlier films led to a lack of opportunity to play main lead in good films.
I have always wanted to make a movie, in fact I always wanted to direct someday. But I never thought I would be a producer.
When you are an actor you are a very small part of a very large scheme of things.
Working with a female director has great perks.
