Richa Chadha

“I am not a star kid, my parents are from Delhi, my dad manages a business, my mother is a professor, I have no filmi background, so if I don't have skills, I don't stand a chance in this industry full of star kids and people with influence.”

“When I did 'Gangs,' I didn't have a manager, a PR or stylist.”

“I speak up about things close to my heart. But I think I am a little too emotional. Events in the world affect me.”

“I have always believed that more stories of women in leadership roles need to be told and I am glad I could be a part of one such story.”

“I am an artiste in a free world, I am supposed to raise questions.”

“I think we have to question our own culture.”

“My interest in writing is not new.”

“I am always nervous before the release of any film.”

“Both my parents are from academics.”

“My mom is an extremely well educated who worked throughout her life and she raised us.”

“If I wear a designer outfit in a film like 'Masaan' then it would look wrong.”

“As women growing up in India, I don't think there is anybody who has never been made uncomfortable physically or just by the looks.”

“I feel upset when someone writes something which isn't true about me. I cry, sulk, fight with everybody and the next day I'm fine!”

“I learnt a lot while filming 'Masaan,' it made me acutely aware of my weaknesses.”

“If one looks at my choices, all of them have been unconventional. There's not a single song-and-dance or romantic film.”

“I'm really grateful for 'Gangs... ' but it wouldn't be wrong to say that it was a mixed blessing.”

“You can't be a good actor if you are not a good person.”

“My work enables me to meet various artistes in the West, be it Rachel Weisz or Marion Cotillard. But the only time I was star struck was when I met SRK. I love his work.”

“I learnt a lot from the directors with whom I have worked like Sudhir Mishra in 'Daas Dev,' Prawaal Raman in 'Main Aur Charles.'”