Swara Bhaskar Quotes
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I was an avid reader as a child. I am losing that habit now, as my brain congeals into cabbage from wearing too many heels and too much foundation.
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I feel glamour has a legit place on the ramp and in the fashion world. In films, glamour has to service the story.
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I'm a typical Delhi girl. Professional parents, nuclear family. My father was in the navy. I've spent my whole life in government accommodation, and it's been lovely.
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I never saw myself as a character actor or a lead actor; I've only seen myself as just an actor.
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Being unapologetic about my body, my sexuality, my life's decisions is a political belief that, as a feminist, I strongly espouse.
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In India, we are parented in a way that we get very good values. But the whole culture forgets to tell us to also value ourselves. It's really OK sometimes to take into consideration your own happiness.
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Once, I had a huge fight on a film set with an actor who threw tea on a spot boy's face. I refused to shoot until he apologised.
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Mumbai is a spider web. You do a film and make 10 connections and do something else and make 10 more connections. You keep moving like that.
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I feel that where I came from made me the actor that I am, and I wouldn't want to trade that with anything else.
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I love acting, though I don't like the frills around it - red-carpet appearances, dressing up to look a certain way.
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Let me be honest - I might do a franchise film like 'Golmaal' if it comes my way. Eventually, we are all in Mumbai to become bigger stars, not better actors.
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I'm an actor, and I don't judge my parts.
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The contentious issue of pay parity between male and female actors is easily resolvable if a number of big actresses decide to put their foot down. But we have to also consider the factors of time and labour. If a female actor has shot only for 40 days and the male actor for 200 days, she cannot expect to be paid the same amount.
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You have to look beyond your known limited experience. Politics should be based on compassion.