Quotes from Kalki Koechlin

I think, no matter how successful you are, there is some struggle of one kind or the other for every actor at every level. There are times when your work progresses at an extremely slow pace.

You shouldn't feel awkward in your own body and constantly try to be an image for somebody else. You should to be comfortable in it.

It's only that we live in a patriarchal society, and therefore, the word 'feminism' has to be used as a counter to patriarchy. But feminism is about being equal. The word used should be 'equalist,' as it is about all humans being equal and respecting each other for that.

People like Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut are really paving the way for successful women.

A director's job is like parenting. You have to look after your actors like children, pay attention to each of their different abilities.

Vulnerability is important in life, I feel. That's what allows you to experience intense emotions, whether it's joy or pain or sadness.

When I was studying in London, I worked part-time as a waitress. I was teaching drama to kids. I did a lot of odd jobs to pay for my studies.

Women are not a doormat. We are equivalent to men. It is just that we have different bodies and different biological needs.

Women should get together and become the pillars of support for each other.

There's a lot of pressure on women to look in a certain way. It's not easy to live in a world that objectifies women.

Theatre is really an actor's playground.

It's great to come home always... coming home to good south Indian meals or Andhra food is always a pleasure.

In marriage, a woman becomes the weaker sex, even if her husband doesn't want her to be. This happens because of the way society has built the institution.

It's only over time that you get to exploring or adding nuances to the character. Like my part in 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' - I am so not the person who wears high heels and totters about like a poodle.

If you can't go for a honeymoon, steal a weekend and go somewhere. Anurag and I do it quite often. We switch off our phones and go for a small weekend getaway.

If you are a musician, you practise your instrument every day, but actors can't be on a set every day. Theatre is a way for me to keep practising my art form.

What makes us really human is it's in the presence of death that we start valuing life.

Theatre is more metaphorical where you have to be louder and larger than life, whereas film is more subtle and more real.

There's lots said about me. I have teeth that are way too big for my face or that I am too skinny for my own good... And I can safely say that I have three left feet. But there's nothing I can do about it. That's the way I look, and that's the way I was born.

You wouldn't believe how many people have told me that I need to fix my teeth or that I need to restructure my jawline.

'Jia Aur Jia' is like my first proper fun, masti Bollywood film. I have a full-on dance number.

In Bollywood, it's always feast or famine for an actress. That's the way of the game.

In India, you can just show up at a friend's house, and they will feed you; you can borrow someone's clothes and touch each other. In London, they would say, 'Oh, let's meet for coffee at 4:15, and we will talk about, I don't know, this play that we saw.'

I keep saying this: If you're not a feminist, you're a bad person.