Quotes from Huma Qureshi

I don't think one should be a slave to one medium.

I believe in equal pay for equal work. Gender, race, skin colour, or ethnicity should not be the parameters to hire someone or to decide how much they should be paid.

I agree that I am different from others. I am not trying to fit in someone else's shoes. I am being honest to myself.

Anybody who says that favoritism doesn't exist in Bollywood would be lying.

I am a product of '90s movies. I grew up watching '90s films and wanted to become an actor because that was the phase of cinema I enjoyed.

As an artist, I am very proud of 'Ek Thi Daayan.' It was a supernatural flick and a huge risk, since not many films are made like that.

Collaboration between different parts of the world will bring us closer. From a business point of view, it opens up new markets as well.

Going the bold way somehow has a very negative connotation in Bollywood.

My conscious decision has always been to do work that's meaningful and play characters that give something to the film.

No one likes it when their personal life is talked about, and I am no exception. But I guess it's the price an actor has to pay for being in the public eye.

I would like to say this for the record: that I am not trying to lose weight or gain weight. I am just trying to be the best version of myself, and that's really important.

As a middle class girl from Delhi, with practically no backing in films, this industry and the audience have given me a lot of love.

I believe in content. Just looking pretty next to the hero gives me no joy. I believe I have more to offer than that.

It always seems like coming to my second home whenever I come to Lucknow.

I am blessed to have got a chance to work with directors like Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Nikhil Advani at such an early age.

Whether my film becomes commercially successful or not, only God can tell, or the box-office numbers. So why worry about it and get distracted?

I wouldn't say that I haven't got my fair share of good roles. This industry has been very kind to me.

Cinema and cricket are two professions in this country that people have an opinion on.

My father runs a restaurant business in Delhi, so if I had chosen to sell kebabs, it would be far easier for me than for anybody else.

My idea of being fit is feeling good about leading a healthy and disciplined lifestyle.

I can't compete with really big stars. I'm not a big star; I'm just an actor who came from Delhi to pursue her passion.

I just read the script; everything else just follows. Content is the most important thing for me.

I have always said that Twitter is my forum to talk to people about what's happening in my life.

Fashion bloggers will do their work; it's their job. So let them do it. I am not doing something to make them happy or to get friendly with them so that they write good stuff about me.