Quotes from Deepti Naval

Rituparno Ghosh was one of the finest filmmakers of India; I had seen his films 'Raincoat' and 'Chokher Bali' and I had always admired his body of work.

You can't be in the industry without your share of heartbreaks, disappointments, and frustrations also. But as long as you're able to stick to your guts and pick the roles you really want to do, the whole journey becomes worthwhile.

Turning to direction is an inevitable branching-out.

I think it's in a way my tragedy that people don't see me for the serious roles I have played.

I was very introverted as a child and as an adult. But something inside told me that I needed to express myself, and it would be on the big screen.

I have travelled along the entire Tibetan stretch.

Every decade there's a new trend of films. Something else is more liked by the audience, something else is more popular.

I was really keen on making a film on Balraj Sahni. But when I approached his son Parikshat for his consent, he told me he had already given the filming rights on his father's life to another producer.

A lot of youngsters come and tell me they are inspired by me and my films. When we were doing them, we didn't realize it would leave such an impact.

I love the solitude of the mountains. I write, take pictures and get inspired by the colors of nature.

Choosing death is no solution, romancing life is a choice.

I don't mind acting on TV if I have to play a mature, contemporary character. But I can't play a lehenga-clad lady in a saas-bahu serial.

This kind of devotion doesn't exist anymore, that you would spend half your life in love with somebody and you never even see that person. One or two meetings is enough.

As I have begun to write my memoirs, I have begun with my childhood; memories which were hidden, suddenly appear before you, finding expression through my writing.

When I look back at my journey, I have lived a life full of experiences that I am proud of.

Once you discover Ladakh, I have never stopped discovering new things every time I travel there.

I wasn't trained as an actor at all. I had studied painting in America and had no clue about acting when I came back.

Earlier, when actors aged, they were never, ever to be seen again; but times have changed for the better. Now you don't have to go into oblivion just because you've crossed 40.

I like to observe others a lot.

I was fascinated with Urdu ever since I was a child.

I give a lot of credit to my wanderings. Because it just opens up your mind to life itself.

The idea is not to reinvent myself by venturing into different media because my film career has come to a standstill, but I have the urge to interpret life through different media.

My role in Nandita Das' 'Firaaq' as a woman too impotent to intervene when her community resorts to brutality and violence has struck a chord wherever the film has been screened.

I don't know about the public and the industry, but I am an all-time Sanjay Leela Bhansali fan. His cinema is completely stylized and commercial and yet hugely experimental.