Anushka Sharma

“It is so common in middle-class families to consider modelling and acting not serious.”

“I understand that ups and downs in life keep wavering, and it's important to understand them and why they happen. So I learn whatever I have to and then move forward.”

“I feel there is a great sense of achievement coming from a non-filmy background. But when you are going through a low phase, you don't have anybody to advice you because your parents possibly can't advice you on that.”

“I am not a vivacious person in real. I hate smiling. I hate doing small talk.”

“When I meet someone from the army background, there is an instant connection. We live in the best five-star hotels of the world, but outside my home I will be equally comfortable in any army cantonment or army guest house. Telling my friends that my father was in the army was like telling them that he is the second-richest man in the world.”

“We have to look good... our hair does get damaged due to straightening... tonging. We have to do something that helps our hair look good and healthy.”

“I always knew I wanted to be in films but didn't want anyone to taunt my parents. So I excelled in studies. I was a topper in school and college, so when I decided to become a model, people said, 'Oh your daughter is modeling,' so at least my parents could say, 'Yeah but she also came first in class.'”

“I'd rather shut myself in a room for six months than act in a bad movie.”

“My style is a bit of what I like to call chic-casual. It is easy and comfortable.”

“When you are not part of an industry, your knowledge of that field is based on what you read and hear and on the stereotypes that are attached to it.”

“I don't work for production houses. I only work for good scripts and roles. If you follow my career graph, you will find that I have not given a single flop yet in my career. I am proud of it.”

“I was very young when I became an actor: I was 19 years old.”

“I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.”

“In future also, we would like to back films that can be considered slightly risky since they don't have song and dance.”

“I wanted fans to know that I'm human and not perfect.”

“I have never planned my career here in Bollywood, so planning to do Hollywood films is a distant thing. You have to see how things come.”

“I find it really cheap when people talk about an issue just for the sake of talking and are not making any difference to the actual situation.”

“Nothing gives me more pleasure than acting. But I don't enjoy going for award functions or giving interviews.”

“I treat my acting career with a lot of respect.”

“The stereotypes attached to Bollywood were that it's a big, bad world or that it's a dirty world.”