Dia Mirza

“I am in Deepak Ramsay's 'Koi Mere Dil Mein Hain,' where I am a modern girl who wears bold outfits. She makes heads turn wherever she goes. She is not a brat. She nurses this false belief that she can get any man she wants.”

“It's really the tone that people use to convey things sometimes that can either become a compliment or an insult. It's not always what you are saying, it's about how you say it.”

“I was told 'You should just do commercials and Bollywood' and Bollywood would be said to me like it's a bad thing.”

“Some people feel divorce is an excuse to not compromise. Yes, in life you have to adapt and compromise. But the questions is - when does it stop? How much is too much, how less is too little? That's a personal choice.”

“I don't give in and I don't believe in giving up. This comes naturally to me, I know no other way.”

“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.”

“People all over the globe love to see women in a sari. I always love to be draped in one as well.”

“I grew up on a staple of films where I saw actors like Waheeda Rehman, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi playing very powerful parts in films.”

“When I was just four-and-a-half, my parents separated and both my parents remarried.”

“I can make a mean Kachchi Biryani, and sometimes I bake it, too.”

“I understand its fun to watch a web series up close to your chest is something else, but to see it on a bigger screen and to experience the emotions is magical.”

“I think good work, sincerity and discipline speak for themselves.”

“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.”

“Working with a female director has great perks.”

“It is critical for us to cultivate consciousness and compassion towards our environment, create awareness, galvanize people, and build sustainable innovations for sustainable development.”

“Don't hold back from being an 'empath.' Don't be afraid of shedding your tears. Feel it. Feel the full extent of everything. It gives us strength.”

“It takes a lot of drive to succeed as an independent producer.”

“Give me rice, dal and some aachar any day, or a Spaghetti Bolognese.”