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Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.
Deepika Padukone
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Every film teaches you something; every experience on every film set with every co-star teaches you something. You learn something new. I think the challenge is to keep working harder and doing better.
Deepika Padukone
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When I realized I was depressed, then I started reading up about it. When I read that one in four people are depressed, I felt that I'm not the only one. I also felt that how many people must be feeling suffocated to fight this battle all alone. I just wanted to reach out and tell them that even I'm like you, and it's okay if you feel like that.
Deepika Padukone
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I'll only move in with my husband. There's no question of a live-in relationship.
Deepika Padukone
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I hate kitten heels; they're useless. Either wear heels that are dangerous, or don't wear them at all.
Deepika Padukone
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I have a lot of friends, but my biggest fear is loneliness. I miss my family in Mumbai, and my biggest nightmare every day is to go back home alone.
Deepika Padukone
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When you work on a film, it's important to feel that you are starting afresh and doing it for the first time. Also, it's important to have those butterflies in your stomach; you need to wonder how you are going to approach the character and whether you will be able to do justice to the part.
Deepika Padukone
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I'm not into superhero movies, but I love cartoons. Tweety bird is my favourite.
Deepika Padukone
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Comedy is the most difficult. Comic timing is something which you either have it in you, or you don't. You have to have a good sense of humour to be able to understand it. A split second can make you lose the punch.
Deepika Padukone
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The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.
Deepika Padukone
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I would like to believe that I am a collaborative actor. That's why I love all the directors I have worked with in recent times, as they are all collaborative directors. I think my constant desire is to keep bettering my own work. I don't get easily satisfied with my work; I am very critical of it. I learn from my mistakes.
Deepika Padukone
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I try and work out as often as possible. Since I travel very often, it becomes very difficult to have a daily work out routine, but I practice yoga every day or try and play some sport. Also, I am very aware of what suits my body in terms of food and exercise.
Deepika Padukone
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I am a big foodie, so much so that I eat in every half an hour. This is the secret of my glowing skin.
Deepika Padukone
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I don't look at it as Hollywood or Bollywood, but, of course, my roots are here, and at the end of the day, it's about your roots. You can't take India out of me.
Deepika Padukone
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People talk about physical fitness, but mental health is equally important. I see people suffering, and their families feel a sense of shame about it, which doesn't help. One needs support and understanding. I am now working on an initiative to create awareness about anxiety and depression and help people.
Deepika Padukone
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I guess I learnt to appreciate old Hindi-movie music from my dad and somewhere down the line picked up jazz as well.
Deepika Padukone
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There is a strong side to me, that is of a homemaker. I look forward to spending time at home in the evenings, cooking a meal, chatting with my parents and inviting friends over.
Deepika Padukone
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Relationships or not, I believe that people don't need to know about my life beyond a certain point.
Deepika Padukone
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I've always believed that as actors, one of the biggest advantages of being in the film business - not just of being actors, but being in this industry - is the fact that you get to travel so much, and you get to see places that you probably would not if you went just as a tourist.
Deepika Padukone
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Maybe because I am from a sports background, I don't give up easily. I am a fighter.
Deepika Padukone
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I meditate. I breathe out what I can't control and focus on the positives.
Deepika Padukone
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The only day I will worry is if I stop getting exciting roles. As an actor, I have so much to give. There's a lot of fire and hunger in me to juice every part that I get.
Deepika Padukone
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The best feeling is when you are remembered for the character you play on the screen and people associate you with that character. There is no better feeling than that feeling.
Deepika Padukone
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You can't create chemistry. In fact, the chemistry between two actors is for people to see, sense, and judge. The only thing we can do as actors is to come on board individually because we feel the same kind of passion for a script and for a director to cast us because he feels that, as actors, we'll do justice to that part.
Deepika Padukone
