Quotes from Kirti Kulhari

I use a relatively hard mattress.

It's tough making people laugh, as we have so much going on in our lives. We forget to see humour as part of everything. The same thing translates on screen, too.

I am not destructive. I cannot do something for my own pleasure that hurts someone else.

There's beauty in imperfection.

It will be great to live in a world where we don't discuss sex anymore because we have managed to go beyond it. And then we can focus on more important things.

Maharani Gayatri Devi - she was elegance and simplicity personified.

As humans, our instinct is to be free. And any sort of restrictions don't help.

I won't deny that when you look at a director's work, you are aware of the different works that they have done. For me, what's more important is my instinct about that person.

I don't choose scripts with the intent to get an award.

My father is a retired Navy officer; my sister is in the army. For me, defence services have been close to my heart.

I always use a night eye cream along with a moisturiser for the face depending on the condition of my skin.

I love yoga and also work out a lot in the gym.

All of us, at different times of life, are looking for answers. It happened to me a decade ago and led me to the path of wanting to know more. I read Osho, Sadhguru, Deepak Chopra, and Parmananda Yogi. I haven't found the ultimate answer. The journey is the answer.

For the day, keep it simple, basic, minimalistic, natural. Stick to peaches and pinks. For night, you can add colour to your eyes, make them smoky, and also use shimmer and bronzer. Night make up also calls for louder lip colours.

My make-up routine starts with a primer on clean skin, which gives the face a nice smooth glow.

Whatever I read about Emergency as a part and process of my film, I can say, as a citizen of a democratic country called India, I am certainly not 'for' Emergency, a decision that snatched away the normalcy of human life for 21 months.

There are so many people, organisations, parities, religions. Whatever you try, someone or the other will be offended.

People have to be pushed out of their comfort zones to be able to see things for what they are.

'Pink' is the turning point in my career. It just changed everything for me overnight.

For me, playing a mother was a point of resistance; the question of 'will I get typecast' was going on in my mind.

I like to keep breaking the typecast and cliches.

My sister used to live in Gurugram. I spent good enough time here when we were shooting for 'Pink.'

I did my BMS from Bhavan's College in Mumbai and a post-graduate diploma in journalism and mass communication.

I prefer eight hours of sound sleep at night. But on days when I can't, I try not to fuss about it and keep taking power naps through the day.