Quotes from Anushka Sharma

If I lead my life according to someone else, I've screwed my life up.

I feel things are changing now. Actresses are working at same pace even after getting married or having kids.

A female newcomer and a male newcomer will get paid different amounts of money. You're a newcomer, nobody knows who you are, man or woman doesn't matter. But you're going to get paid different money.

There are two things that give me perfect happiness - doing the perfect shot and travelling. I get stressed, really stressed by the fact that there is just so much to see and I am not going to live long enough to visit all the places I want to.

I didn't like when people said that actresses have shelf life.

I was very young when I became an actor: I was 19 years old.

I don't think I'm the best-looking actress around. I'm not Katrina Kaif; she is stunningly beautiful. There are some roles that might need a beautiful girl, and there would be a doubt in a director's mind whether he should cast me. But that perception will change with time. I'd like to believe actresses look better with experience.

I don't think I was a good model. I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'Give us a blank look.' It was really difficult not to smile.

Life was so easy before I became an actor. I could talk to anyone, and no one bothered. I keep thinking to myself, 'Should I not be myself,' but I won't do that.

If you are chauvinistic mind, you will not be able to take the fact there is a strong, successful girl.

My friends once told me I remind them of the main character from the American comedy series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I thought they must mean a sunny, affable girl-next-door, but instead I was confronted with Larry David! Crabby, moody, perversely neurotic Larry David. And the thing is, my friends were right.

I don't like to talk about my personal life, so I will not talk about others. I don't give advice. I give advice to only my mother, father, and brother on health.

We all know that a beautiful face is an important aspect of an actor's personality if he or she wants to make it big in Bollywood.

As an actor, I am careless with the way I look on screen.

One actress can't challenge or change anything.

I want to be part of great cinema. That is my only aim.

As a viewer, I really want to watch author-backed stories, and there is something amazing about thrillers, the way it captivates your imagination.

People who speak different languages, they are watching the movie from our language. So, I think all of us should be proud as nation and as cinema lovers.

Once, I was coming back from school, and there was this guy who was eve-teasing me and my friend. I had a Milton water bottle that I flung it at his face. My dad told me if you are in a crowded place and a guy eve-teases, you should make noise. I did exactly that and got people on the road to beat up the guy.

I have never planned things in life. I believe in living life or doing things to the moment.

I have never planned my career here in Bollywood, so planning to do Hollywood films is a distant thing. You have to see how things come.

Nothing gives me more pleasure than acting. But I don't enjoy going for award functions or giving interviews.

It is very important for me that my clothes are comfortable and allow me to feel like myself and at ease.

Everything that I am going to do as an actress doesn't matter where it's coming from. It just has to be interesting.