Tisca Chopra

“I want to do an action film, I would love to do a period drama, a biopic, a crime story.”

“Body positivity, to me, is finally being able to see my body for the amazing machine it is. Now I am looking at my body for all the things it can do, the way it keeps up with me with the hectic demands of an actors work life. Its a relief.”

“I havent been overweight, just a well-built North Indian body type but while no one was telling me to lose weight, I was constantly pushing myself hard to be thinner.”

“I like to act, write, produce and direct.”

“Television is a different medium and I am happy I could reach out to different kinds of audiences.”

“I thought a book demystifying menstruation and talking about the simple biology of it would go a long way in making young impressionable girls surer of their bodies.”

“For me, script is the key and it has to be potent, and powerful.”

“Before Covid, the first victim of my busy schedule used to be my workout. Then, luckily, the lockdown gave me more than enough time to start a vigorous regime. I had all the time in the world to build lean muscle without going the route of fat burners or unhealthy supplements.”

“I weigh myself every single day, and that helps me get back on course if I gain even a little bit.”

“I have known my editor, Vidhi Bhargava, since our school days.”

“My family was progressive yet traditional in their beliefs. There was pressure on me to perform well academically. I topped my university. But I was a rebel with a cause.”

“I am entirely against censorship. It goes against my basic grain - a mature society need not be told what to do.”

“As women write, produce and direct more content, the gaze with which stories are told will also become sensible. Female actors will make their own content, if no one else will do it for them.”

“I was in the final year of my English Literature degree at Hindu College, Delhi University, when I came to Mumbai. I liked the city and the sense of freedom - here, I wasnt a principals daughter anymore.”

“In our heads, only people with celebrity status, glamour and bling pop out as people who have stories. I find the ordinary life exciting - there is something dark and mysterious about it.”

“As an actor, we are always greedy to do more and imagining different films.”

“I have done a workshop with Nasseruddin Shah and will continuing doing it whenever I am free.”

“The kind of roles one wants to do arent being written; the stories one wants to tell are few and far between; and the ones that come to me, I do them.”

“I think I enjoy my life doing multiple things, I would be easily bored if I did just one thing.”

“Mornings are the most crucial time of day for me. I like the silence.”