Amala Paul

“I would love to get married, have a baby and adopt one.”

“After my hit 'Mynaa', big offers came to me. I didn't know how to handle things. Once you know how to handle things and you come of age, you want to do mature films.”

“I hate being typecast and I don't want to do things that are boring for me because it would be boring for the viewers as well.”

“I can't drink coffee because as per Ayurveda, I have a pitta body type. This means I am fire, and coffee means more fire.”

“Well, I am a Malayali and I know the kind of expectations my fans have about my films. That, for me, is the biggest award. So I try and pick roles that I hope viewers will like. Malayalis want actors to be subtle in their acting and they enjoy realism.”

“For the movie 'Bhaskar Oru Rascal' I had to let go of a part of my agreed salary and in fact, had to lend money to the producer when he couldn't meet his financial obligations at the time of the movie's release.”

“I always look forward to roles that excite me as an actor.”

“Life can't be always be stable always right. There are things which are out of your control.”

“I was telling my manager that I wanted to quit the industry because the synopsis I was receiving from filmmakers all felt like a lie. Yes, they were heroine-centric... but the concepts were simple. Like a rape victim, her struggling against the odds and gaining revenge, or a wife who supports her husband endlessly, or a sacrificial mother.”

“I am not in 'O I hate relationships' phase. I will never be in that phase.”

“Be it in Malayalam or Tamil, I got to play characters who had plenty to do in the storyline and not just be a prop.”

“I want to only be part of films that are worth my time. I give my heart and soul for four-five months and I don't want that to go in vain.”

“I am doing films that are content-oriented and where I have the scope to perform. Rarely do such scripts happen.”

“I've sold my Mercedes and I'll be getting something electric. I work out of a thatch shed on the roof.”

“When people look at 'Aadai's posters and say that I've attempted something bold, it actually reflects me being secure about myself.”

“At the age of 23, I got married. I think it would've worked if I married a little later on, as a person with little more maturity and little more to understand about marriage how it works. May be it would have worked, you never know.”

“I wanted to be a journalist so the character of a TV news person in 'Run Baby Run' was really interesting.”

“Aame' is a new attempt. The entire film was shot using live sound technique.”

“I grow tomatoes, spinach and melons, a pepper vine climbs my coconut tree. I have a home and kitchen of my own.”

“I don't want to do films for money and go back. I want to try to at least change the world through cinema, the industry, the way cinema is conceived.”