'If a senior person like Ranvir Shorey, who has worked in the industry for so many years, cannot take a stand for me, what should I expect from the others?'

'I always wanted to be a part of a platform like this which enables you to show your true personality to the world. But after entering the show, I realised this show is more suitable for people like Armaan Malik, who backbite and indulge in unnecessary arguments. I am not cut out for such things.'

'Two actors don't necessarily have to get along to create chemistry.'

'I studied in a government school, whereas all of them came from convent schools, speaking fluent English.''I am one of the most educated girls in my village.'

'How can he justify marrying two women?'

'I promise you, you've never seen her do anything like this.''It is a complete reinvention of Janhvi Kapoor.'

'It was not a love affair, it was much more.'

'...something that should be discussed because it is a very important part of life.'

'The film industry has a lot of competition. You don't always get the roles you want.'

'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine, the star thing has become so much bigger than the actor thing.'

'I believe one should never disrespect their elders but if the person does not know how to talk to people, then I am sorry, I cannot take it.'

'It went from me being scared and intimidated by him to me being very aggressive and passionate.'

'I used to think I'll become a big heroine by 21-22, then I'll make a big, successful movie and then I would buy a house.''But when this was not happening for me, it was heartbreaking.'

'I have been through a lot of auditions and the first thing we are told is that there will be intimate scenes and we have to be okay with it.'Luckily, there is no bold content in Commander Karan Saxena.'

'In Krrish, I was playing Hrithik's child version.''I also did Ishq Vishk with Shahid Kapoor.''In Aetbaar, I remember doing scenes with Amitabh Bachchan.'

'When my mom saw my performance in Dhoka, she loved it.''She said, "I don't know why I stopped you for so many years. Ab jaa beta, jee le apni zindagi".'

'Jitendra Pratap Singh (his character in Vedaa) believes in the divisive politics of society and that is more dangerous than the regular goons.'

'It's a struggle for everybody, even established people are struggling.'

'It's taken me very long to get my foot into the door. But the kind of work or central roles that I want are still few.'

'I have had my share of unpleasant situations being a woman, like so many other actors have gone through.''I took it in my stride because I knew it happens.''What saved me was what my mother used to say: Education.'

'Now I have understood that an actor needs to switch on and off between action and cut.''I take my characters only from the vanity van to vanity van.''When I put on the makeup and wear the costume, I'm in character.''The minute I remove the makeup and take off my costume, I am out of it.'

'It was a very disorganised industry back then and people were very disrespectful towards actors.'

'You can expect bohut kuch. Our dreams are big about the larger plan.'

'Nobody likes preachy stories. When you lace it with humour, it works.'

'You have to keep working hard.''The universe sees that in you and the higher power puts those opportunities in your way.'

'The kind of things they were writing, 'Oh, what is this, she's overacting at her wedding.' 'Why is she not covering her head?''The kind of liberty people take to comment on what I should be doing in my personal life is not something I'm okay with.'

'I am 7 feet and 7 inches tall.'

'If people think that films that are happy or light, or comedy or romance are not substantial, that's not true.''I was really happy when this award was given for Thiruchitrambalam because it highlights that.'

'I was one of those children who didn't feel I had to adhere to instructions on how to behave.''That must have made things very awkward for my parents.'

Ila Arun on music, movies and threatre.

'When I started to step into the West in 2006, I believed India was not going to be the back end.''I understood that no film-maker wants to believe that they are outsourcing their creativity to a low-end place.''The application of technology in the hands of our Indian artistes is identical to any of our artists in the West.''Nobody in the world can say this shot was done in India and that in London.'

'You're going to have your own journey and that can be very beautiful.''It can also be very terrifying because there is no precedence.'

'In the audience's mind there is no urgency to go see a film in the theatre.''If you pay for social media buzz it does not convert into bums on seats.'

'Salman wanted to do the interview properly. That's why he was nervous, you know, that dad should be happy.'

'God can you get work, but once you get it, you have to do it with honesty and put your 100 percent into it.'

'At his wedding with Patralekha, I officiated as the groom's father as Raj has lost both parents, and that's the relationship we share today.'

'Women, come out and speak.'

'At the age of 25, there are still no work offers coming your way, so how do you move ahead in life?'

'That comparison, "Oh look at Vicky, do you also see yourself being that successful in life?"' 'Vicky has seen a lot and done a lot and he is where he is. I feel really happy about it.''But I have my own journey.'

'Out of sight, out of mind happens.'

'If you're a person who's not comfortable going out to parties for networking, don't do it.''It's not like you're getting a film at a party.'

'In anything in life, privilege helps.''Privilege means access. Access means connections.''Does it help? Of course, it does. In whatever you do.'

'This story has been always there since my childhood because of missing people.''I remember a family member who disappeared and I kept wondering what happened to him.'

'How to hold people's attention is challenging.'

'Mohanlal and Akshay are two actors who trust me implicitly.'

'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the Mahabharata.''It's a cultural thing because we don't see the heroes behind the screen, we see the heroes who are in front of the screen.'

'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.''If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.''I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.'

'There are very few chances that I can give good mileage.''A smaller, lighter car will give more mileage and this was a big reason to be nervous.'

'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a film made which had a female action star.''And that film never got made, despite reaching out to some of the biggest actresses.'

'I'm there in every frame of this film.''The film is named after the character that I play.''It's about a feeling like you are capable of shouldering a film entirely on your own, which is a belief that I may not have in myself always.'