Quotes from Sharmila Tagore

The only time I used to regret being a woman was when I had to use the toilets on sets when I would be shooting.

There was a time in my life when I used the word 'crap' regularly and unthinkingly.

If I played a vamp I would be rejected by the audience outright.

There should be no hindrance to what we want to do, what we want to wear, what we think and how we want to travel. Do what you want to do as long as you are not breaking any law.

Some may want to be a homemaker and some want to follow other careers and they should be allowed. If we want to be different we should be different and we should be allowed to be different.

You cannot force anybody to honour somebody. You can only ask.

My son Saif is an avid reader. He points me to books worth reading. I also must do the Indian Express crossword every morning, which is not too difficult and yet not too easy either.

When a film is released, anywhere in the country, exactly in the same place people laugh, cry, get bored, what is that, but commonality.

I remember when Saif was a baby, the pediatrician had recommended that we give him orange juice to drink, but my mother said he was too small to be able to digest it and that I should dilute it with some water. I didn't listen and Saif had a tummy-ache. I guess mothers do sometimes know best and it's also the experience that counts.

Sometimes I do everything and then there are times when I don't want to do anything at all.Most importantly , I don't do anything that I don't want to do.

To me, Satyajit Ray is just Manik da. Our relationship dates back to 1958, when he introduced me to the silver screen. I was just 13.

I don't think that cinema is bigger than family as an institution.

In 1963, when I joined Hindi film industry it raised many eyebrows.

There are more and more adult subjects with explicit language or explicit scenes... Yes, I feel there should be a category for such films so that instead of cutting it, censoring it or deleting a few scenes we can show it in its entirety.

When I came to Bombay, as it was called in my time, it was filled with people from everywhere, Kashmir to Kerala.

If you seek learning, it meets you somewhere down the road.

There is a mindset that has to be changed - the sense of entitlement of the man. That happens when you are bringing up someone. If you are going to differentiate between a boy and a girl from age zero, then he is bound to grow up with the sense of entitlement.

One has to do everything at the right time. That includes motherhood.

When you are doing a film for money or to help a friend out, be clear about the motives and then finish what needs to be done.

I was very close to Mani Rabadi. She not only designed my clothes in some of my films, she was also a personal friend and guide when I was new to Mumbai.

What is my truth can not be your truth.

The fact that I am getting a doctorate in spite of being a college drop-out proves that the world can be your university.

To be awarded with an honour of the stature of a Padma Bhushan, which is deemed as one of the three highest civilian awards in our country, is just gratifying.

The craze for the 'taant er sari,' terracotta pottery or Bengal jewellery will never wane because Bengal portrays unparalleled diversity.