Mandira Bedi

“Before I had my son, I used to travel a lot, almost 40-50 days at a time for cricket tournaments.”

“I always thought I will wait for a channel to come with a Mandira Bedi centric role.”

“I'm keen on doing TV shows and if anything really challenging comes my way, I'm up for it.”

“At times, I find that TV today has taken so many steps backwards and has become so regressive as compared to the kind of wit in shows from the '80s and '90s.”

“When you experience parenthood, it makes you look at the other side as well.”

“People have a limited vision. While abroad actors such as Halle Berry have done many positive roles, we still associate short hair with negative characters.”

“Even if I have a shoot in the morning, I don't go a night before because that would mean one less night with my son and I don't want to lose time on him.”

“I try to keep it authentic and I try to keep it real, that has been my mantra from age 40 onwards.”

“Until the legal formalities are completed, one is not supposed to make it public. When a child comes home, he/she is considered to be in foster care for the first month; the legal procedures begin after that.”

“The cricket World Cup opened a lot of doors for me. People invite me to host shows and events.”

“We had applied for adoption three years ago, but it was during the lockdown that I felt the void even more.”

“There really needs to be more of progressive shows and strong characters that women should aspire to be like.”

“Success is transient and so is failure.”

“We are a spectrum of colors in our family and that's what makes us so special.”

“I have designed 150 saris.”

“Theatre is always going to be an important part of my life.”

“People like to watch downtrodden women who are suffering and trying to find their way up. I don't know why we have gone backwards.”

“I remember anchoring the World Cup 2011 show when I was seven months pregnant! So, I don't think that my connect with cricket will ever end.”

“I don't give two hoots about nasty comments. I can laugh over them when they are about me but it's not okay to attack my family, my children. I can't take it. My claws will come out.”

“I'm stressed when I don't have crazy hours.”