Quotes from Anushka Sharma

I do not consider myself a feminist. I do not believe that by doing female-oriented films that depict a woman fighting the system, we can change the system.

I am not against two-heroine films.

I love the work that goes into making a movie and creating a different world. It is a wholesome experience.

For me, it's not like I am going to look at the money the director's film has made before their film... For me, it is about working with the director whose work I have admired.

I feel that in spite of having a big launch with 'RNBDJ' and the film doing well for me in terms of getting appreciation, I don't think it made me the next big thing.

I'm an honest person and don't lead my life on other people's terms.

Coffee is the ultimate stress buster for me and I need my cup of coffee in the morning to kick start my day.

I have stayed in south India all my life. English comes more naturally to me than Hindi.

I dont understand flirting.

When it comes to work, I am focused. I work like a maniac.

Just as you can't blindly follow fashion, you can't follow fitness, either.

While I was shooting for 'NH10,' my hair had to look dirty in the film. To improve the texture... quality of hair, I had to use a lot of conditioner.

When someone goes to watch my film in the theatre, they won't remember the last four articles they read about me. Instead, they will think about the last film I did.

I have never been a girlie girl and have always been a boys' girl with an equal amount of friends who were boys and girls.

I'm not gonna give anybody the power to control my life.

I'm paranoid about shopping. I get irritable. I find it tedious and taxing. People say shopping is retail therapy, but I need therapy after shopping.

I share a very good rapport with Shah Rukh, so I was at ease working with him, and Imtiaz is a dream director for any actor.

I do have moments when I feel insecure. I do have moments when I feel jealous, and that's normal. It's a very normal emotion. It's your action and your attitude and your reaction to that that is important.

To work with the same director is a great feeling.

I would watch films like 'Frances Ha' and 'The Squid and the Whale,' and wonder why we weren't making these beautiful slice-of-life movies. Then I thought, 'Why am I not doing it?'

I want to do a biopic as an actor. It's a thrill... I would love it if I am able to do a biopic.

I will share a personal experience: my father was posted in Jammu & Kashmir during the Kargil war. I remember my mom sitting in front of television throughout the day reading tickers which had name of the martyrs.

I have done everything in my life very normally. And marriage is definitely there on my agendas in life. But I don't know when will it happen.

Tell me one director who will go on record to say that I don't get along with them? I get along famously with all my directors because I am what I am today because of them.