Quotes from Divya Dutta

Audience will get bored if just one kind of films will continue to get made.

Veer Zaara' changed people's outlook towards me. It was my first so-called commercial film.

I believe fitness is all about feeling healthy inside out. I think it's very important to be mentally fit as well.

I don't believe in the concept of size zero.

I am fortunate that people have given me the opportunity and confidence to go all out and have fun with the characters I play, and try something new each time.

As a kid I used to wear my mother's dupattas and saris and emulate Hema Maliniji or Rekhaji in front of the mirror.

My mother, Dr Nalini Dutta. She was and will always be my everything.

Besides going to new restaurants, I like to eat home-cooked food made by my mom and sometimes I enjoy Mumbai's local street food also.

Baghban' happened with me when I was very new. I played a nasty daughter-in-law, to somebody I have idolised all my life: My Amitabh Bachchan.

I think I always had an unconventional career because I didn't fit the mould of the conventional heroine.

My career has been far from cliched. I have always done unconventional roles and I am proud of all of them.

I can never forget my role in 'Baghban' because I was expected to act nasty with Amitabh Bachchan and I did not like it.

I've been writing articles for newspapers and magazines. And writing is a very beautiful way of expression.

I always got appreciation for the columns I wrote for newspapers.

People usually start off on a high note in their careers and then wane off and then restart with a comeback.

Believe me when you are part of the Bollywood world, you are always under the dark clouds of stress as work life is very unpredictable here and competition keeps getting hard with every passing day.

I'm glad that I'm not a stereotypical actor.

When we are busy with the everyday bhag-daud, one fine day a health scare just stops it all.

Whatever your parents do, you get conditioned to that. I remember my dad would put gramophone record, and would sit and read a book. And then once a week, we would go and watch a movie.

I take pride in saying that I'm not the usual Hindi film actor who's on the top of her game for 4-5 years, then sees a slump, gets married, has kids and then makes a comeback in senior kind of roles.

Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes, even the best is not enough.

Love with writing began from school days itself and with passage of time my bond with it went on becoming stronger.

I am lucky to have the freedom to do a variety of roles. I feel blessed.

I have played different characters in different films and that versatility has worked to my benefit. I don't have to worry about the top or the bottom slot. My place is made in the industry and it's a wonderful one, believe me.