Quotes from Tabu

Since I am originally from Hyderabad, I speak Telugu fluently.

I had a great time doing Bollywood and Telugu films, and it's been an interesting journey.

I only do work that suits my temperament.

I have such a temperament that I cannot do anything in excess.

Promotions create awareness, but if there is no merit to the film, what will promotions do anyway?

I am proud of my height.

I have never done films to prove a point to anyone; I have done them for myself.

I like to spend time with family and friends and share my experiences with them.

I have not done any film where my role didn't make sense.

People should be good, established people; the filmmaking and acting experience should be heartening. So I chose films where I would get a good experience, not just great roles.

There is always something that you will take away from each project. There definitely has to be something that you have said yes to in the first place. In some projects, it's the freedom to express yourself more; in some, it's a bigger sense of camaraderie, and somewhere, it's the money that is great.

I try not to get typecast in any role, any image. I feel I can do justice to every kind of role, so why not make the best of it? See, commercial films alone can get you only so far. If you want to last as an actress, then you have to put in that extra bit of investment by doing off-beat films, too.

If I feel the role is not going to demand anything out of me, I don't do it. Either it has to be a terrific role, or the director has to be someone I am dying to work with. Or the costar has to be someone I really look up to.

I've always gone with the flow.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

I've crossed many cultural and gender barriers as a woman.

I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

I never felt the need to be in the rat race.

I don't have any special approach for playing dark characters. That's because I never looked at them as dark characters per se. For me, they were real people.

When I was younger, 15 years or 20 years seemed like a really long time. But, as you journey though life, you don't realise where the years disappear.

I did 'Hawa' to understand what ghosts and the supernatural are all about. I don't believe in them and wondered how I could essay a part in a project I don't necessarily understand.

I was really excited when films like 'Kaala Paani,' 'Maachis,' 'Chandni Bar' and others came my way. The sheer fact that I would get to portray various emotions was thrilling.

I didn't have a set of rules, dos, and don'ts or a reference point on how I would navigate my career. I never planned to be in a certain place in the industry. I was walking my path and doing things my way.

Most stabilizing part of my career is that I have done all genres. I hate classification.