Pooja Batra

“I like making different recipes of my own, I love making food, I love learning about what food to combine with what other food.”

“Making a film requires an alignment of God! On top of that if you are doing a period film, it is even harder and more expensive.”

“Age is just a number and if you are healthy and fit, you will be more confident about yourself.”

“What is the point in playing a lead role in a three-hour that has nothing more substantial to offer than wearing makeup and dancing around? I'd rather do something that is meaningful even if it were a five-minute appearance. What matters is that I am remembered after the film is over.”

“Killer Punjabi' has been an amazing experience for me, right from the creative to acting.”

“I am trained in marshal arts and I exercise for almost one and a half hours daily, five days a week.”

“Some actors are okay with working with a taller heroine and some are not.”

“Bipasha Basu, Esha Gupta, Jacqueline Fernandez are all are tall. I have worked with Shraddha Kapoor who is also fairly tall.”

“In the days since 'Virasat's' release, people have started to take me more seriously.”

“Mental therapy helps the individual to rectify or minimize their errors which they are doing since their childhood and I have taken such therapies.”

“I love thrillers, it's part of the emotion that triggers excitement and plays with the mind on the need to know what will happen next.”

“I'd like to act in movies like 'Baahubali.' Who woundn't?”

“Actresses fall back, because they lack better scripts. But then if you have something like a 'Mary Kom,' 'Kahaani,' 'NH 10' or 'Highway' and if you've backed by a good script, then there's no reason why it shouldn't work.”

“You learn as you grow and your mindset also changes with time.”

“I'm totally a director's artist.”

“In today's jet age I think if any producer or director wants to take me in their films they can easily connect with me.”

“I had to begin from scratch when I relocated to the U.S. years ago. I had no contacts, no launchpad or any references to land projects.”

“I would love to do biopic on P.T. Usha because I have been an athlete.”

“I represented my school in 200 and 400 meter race at national level.”

“We have all been rebels without causes and I think as you grow older, you understand that you can't have a knee-jerk response in either case. And you need to sit across the table, speak from your heart, communicate your intent, and it'll be heard more often than not.”