A biography for Sarita Choudhuryhasn’t been written yet.
“I am interested in independent cinema and theatre, and they don't make news.”
“I have always loved doing accents. I have lived with my parents in a number of countries, including Italy and Jamaica.”
“I was very shy about acting. I thought you had to be confident. I was confident with my friends, but I would never think of acting in front of anyone else.”
“Playing Frida was hard and wonderful. I found such a force in her, bigger than me. I tried to make it just a woman who had to do what she did. A woman who lived, ate, and laughed. I tried to avoid the 'icon' of Frida Khalo.”
“If you ever watch me at theatre rehearsals, you will know what a bad actress I am. I am bad... bad... bad... and then, by opening night, it all just falls into place.”
“There is this film called 'La Femme Nikita.' I want to play something like that. This woman with a gun in her hand but with tears in her eyes. I would love to play that kind of vulnerability on screen.”
“I've always wanted to do an Indian film, but I didn't want to come to India and pretend that I could play an average Bombay girl.”
“If I am playing a historical character, I try to watch the person in newsreels and read about them, but I will not imitate them.”
“I love theatre because of the audience. It feels risky. But I love film because it travels to the whole world. To an audience I don't see.”
“I believe in doing a nude scene only when I trust the director.”
“I can speak Hindi, but I can't sustain it over a whole movie.”
“I know I create major reactions in people.”
“My parents are really open-minded, but with their own daughter, it's not the same thing.”
“People have this impression that once you move to America, that becomes your interest. But I never moved to Los Angeles; I stayed in New York because I do theatre, so my aim is not just Hollywood.”