Wamiqa Gabbi

“I want to do good films, with good content. I am not selecting projects based on language.”

“I don't want to be the one dancing behind the trees and getting my stomach pinched.”

“I trained for a month and learnt all the basic moves at a wrestling school in Amritsar, Punjab. Wrestling is pretty easy.”

“It may sound very cliched but seriously, since childhood I always wanted to be an actress.”

“Whenever I am sad, I paint, I do that whenever I am happy too.”

“After 'Ishq Brandy,' I was either not getting good scripts or not good characters.”

“I trained in wrestling under master Ashok Kumar from Amritsar for one and a half months.”

“Punjabi is a growing industry and we need to be more professionally aligned with other industries.”

“My sense of cinema improved slowly as I started watching South cinema, got to know that cinema is much appreciated here.”

“It's not every day you get to play a wrestler. The experience of playing one in 'Godha' has made me stronger and it has given me immense confidence.”

“It is very satisfying to see people praising you and your character, and the journey of the character moved them. It gives you a lot of confidence as an actor.”

“I was born and brought up in Chandigarh.”

“It may seem that I am doing films in different languages, which of course I am, but more importantly, I am performing different characters and every character has so much to teach. It makes me happy that I am associated with so many film industries.”

“If the vibe between two actors is not good, it shows in the work, so it's very important that everyone in the cast and crew is supportive to each other.”

“Being a non-athletic person, I had to strengthen my core, arm and leg muscles before learning the wrestling moves.”

“While training is important to fine-tune one's skill set, in my case, the exhaustive theatre experience and the grind of rehearsals ensured an easy transition into different roles.”

“Like everyone, I also want to do something different.”

“The writer in my dad is someone whom I've been inspired greatly by since my childhood.”

“In 'Godha,' I was a Punjabi girl and had Hindi, English and Punjabi dialogues.”

“If you don't know something completely, you tend to have a misconception.”