A biography for Waheeda Rehmanhasn’t been written yet.
“It is strange, but directors have always shown more confidence in my abilities than I've in myself.”
“Courage is something I learnt from my father.”
“I make myself comfortable where my family is.”
“It's exciting to work with new directors with new ideas.”
“I was lucky to work with some of the finest filmmakers - Guru Dutt, Satyajit Ray, Vijay Anand, Raj Khosla, Asit Sen.”
“Script is the most important thing and if the script is good, then whatever role you are doing, it's fine.”
“Dev Anand was extremely cooperative towards a newcomer. He never made me feel that he was a big star and I, a newcomer.”
“Once a heroine is beyond a certain age, she has to graduate to mother's roles or quit.”
“Though films need retakes, I have always hated them because they tend to become mechanical.”
“I never stopped myself from doing difficult roles.”
“I've been through emotional and financial ups and downs. But I enlarge the positive and avoid negative people.”
“I like Vidya Balan because she chooses some interesting films.”
“If you understand a scene well, it is not hard to translate it onscreen.”
“Working with stalwarts like Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee and Rabi Ghosh is an experience I always cherish.”
“Initially, I didn't want to watch 'The Dirty Picture.'”
“I got the role of a lifetime in Rajinder Singh Bedi's 'Phagun' in 1973. I had to play Jaya Bachchan's mother. That did it for me. I was suddenly flooded with mother's roles.”
“Both Guru Dutt and Kishore Kumar's lives had lots of ups and downs... their lives were heavy and sad.”
“Girl friends tend to drift away after marriage due to certain responsibilities but Nanda and I remained close friends even after I got married.”
“Nanda and I never discussed work. Our work never came in the way of our friendship. We were both down-to-earth and very Indian. Both of us attempted glamorous roles but soon realised that it's better to play characters that were close to our personalities.”
“I don't believe in remakes.”