Shweta Menon

“It would be interesting to get into two different get ups and play diverse characters.”

“I love that I am being offered films but I just couldn't do the 'cotton sari-strong woman' role again. As an artiste, there is nothing more I can offer there.”

“I was amazed by the kind of preparation Hollywood actors do for their roles.”

“'Varmathiye' is a song that can touch your hearts.”

“I entered a beauty contest on the insistence of my friends, and even before I knew it, I was in the finals and chosen Gladrags Super Model.”

“When I became Miss India Asia-Pacific in 1994, I was a small town girl from Calicut. If I could make it, then wow, anyone could.”

“I think that the child in me is ever dominant, but that doesn't make me less of a woman.”

“My doctor told me that pregnancy is not a disease but something that has to be enjoyed. So, I wanted to enjoy every moment of my pregnancy and I did that.”

“I joined 'Veruthe Alla Bharya' in 2011, when I got married to Sreevalsan. Later, when I became a mother, I was offered the children's show, 'Katturumbu.'”

“I love dancing but acting is a passion.”

“I believe that success either comes overnight or slowly, but steadily.”

“Enacting the role of an investigative officer was like living my childhood dream!”

“Magazines started insinuating that I was having affairs with my co-stars. That hurt.”

“I never planned to become an actor.”

“When film director T.K. Rajeevkumar cast me in the role of the iconic Rathi in the new edition of 'Rathinirvedam,' I had no idea it was such a cult film.”

“In acting, while you play different roles, you begin to discover yourself and begin to notice life as you relate to the characters you represent.”

“But I believe in destiny and strongly feel that certain things are meant to happen and so they will happen.”

“Beauty contests are only a mirage where all you have to do is look pretty all the time.”

“Usually viewers are attached to a character or that character's personality. But, in my case, I have been exceptionally lucky as I have been accepted as Shweta.”

“What is important to me is the mileage a particular role I depict gets on the silver screen.”