Kalki Koechlin Quotes

India, Actress
January 10, 1984

Kalki Koechlin is a French actress and writer, who lives and works in India. Known for her unconventional body of work in the Hindi film industry, she is the recipient of such accolades as a National Film Award, a Filmfare, and two Screen Awards. Koechlin was conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture for her contributions to cinema.

When I have to be in public, I can't be in a bad mood.

Kalki Koechlin
- Bad
- Mood
- Public
It's only that we live in a patriarchal society, and therefore, the word 'feminism' has to be used as a counter to patriarchy. But feminism is about being equal. The word used should be 'equalist,' as it is about all humans being equal and respecting each other for that.

Kalki Koechlin

It's not my job to keep myself in the news. My job is to keep performing. If I spend time promoting myself or being concerned about my image, I wouldn't have the energy to do the work that I'm doing. I love what I do and I'm good at it too.

Kalki Koechlin
- Time
- Good
- Work
I don't comment on everything; I don't comment on things I don't know enough about. I feel people should talk about something only if they feel strongly about them.

Kalki Koechlin
- People
- Talk
- Comment
It's all a part of this world where we're all kind of mixing a lot, and... in that way we're all a bit confused about who we are, where we belong, where's home, and ... who is important to us.

Kalki Koechlin
- World
- Important
- Home
If you can't go for a honeymoon, steal a weekend and go somewhere. Anurag and I do it quite often. We switch off our phones and go for a small weekend getaway.

Kalki Koechlin
I keep saying this: If you're not a feminist, you're a bad person.

Kalki Koechlin
- Bad
- Person
- Feminist
I consider myself as a human being with lots of ups and downs and learning from a lot of failures before I can succeed.

Kalki Koechlin
- Human
- Succeed
- Failures

The country has double standards - it's obsessed with fair skin on one hand, but if the woman is white, she is expected to be loose-moraled.

Kalki Koechlin
- Country
- Standards
- Skin
When your private life has been dragged into public space, you tend to attain a zen-like composure.

Kalki Koechlin
- Life
- Space
- Private