Quotes from Dia Mirza

I should thank my parents for my beauty. It's in my genes.

I don't give in and I don't believe in giving up. This comes naturally to me, I know no other way.

People all over the globe love to see women in a sari. I always love to be draped in one as well.

It's important to be a witness to reality as this world can consume you.

I think good work, sincerity and discipline speak for themselves.

Being pregnant is a wonderful thing. I have never understood why people make such a big deal of it though.

I believe in the power of one and that we are all bound by the thread of oneness and humanity.

While growing up, I saw how finances can play havoc in anybody's life. While we were comfortable, money didn't come easy.

It is extremely empowering when you are making fundamental and critical decisions on different levels of production, till the final showcase on the screen.

I only want to be part of movies that I believe in and I have no regrets.

I think every opportunity, every disappointment, every rejection, every accolade... everything has contributed in shaping my character and my choices and who I have become.

People worship and revere Ganga as a mother, and then throw away flowers in a plastic bag into the same river.

It's really the tone that people use to convey things sometimes that can either become a compliment or an insult. It's not always what you are saying, it's about how you say it.

One should never ignore or be afraid of reporting or calling out a harasser. There is no shame in doing so.

The only challenge I faced in the beginning was that no one believed I could seriously see a film through.

People wonder why a man and woman can't be friends after being in love. It is because it's very tough to look beyond the hurt and try to find a common ground to be friends. It's it like a healing wound.

Every role I have in my kitty is different. None of them resemble the roles I have played in my earlier films.

I think the ability to empathize with another person's experience and go into the trajectory of their journey is challenging.

Beauty is not about good skin, features and figure, but about your nature and habits.

Well, now I would like to kidnap Johnny Depp and yes, Ranbir Kapoor for sure.

For any female actor, the age between 35 to 45 is treacherous. Filmmakers tell me, I am at that awkward age. No parts are written for women in this age bracket, while men at that age flourish and have great careers.

I have grown up on a diet of sunrise picnics, learning the names of butterflies, planting trees.

When you are an actor you are a very small part of a very large scheme of things.

Beauty judgements are many and while we think that light skin women have no judgements to deal with. There is this filmmaker I love and respect and I really wanted to work with, once told me 'You are too fair to be in my movies.' And then I have also heard 'You are too pretty to play this part.'