Quotes from Hansika Motwani

I need to thank my director, producers, and artists as well crew members of all my projects.

I've been working on the screen right from childhood and am completely in love with my work. And this experience has taught me that ultimately, it's a good script, good work that matters, whether in Bollywood or in the South.

What's the point of doing a great character in a bad film? Instead, I want audiences to thoroughly enjoy a film and remember my part when they walk out of a cinema hall.

I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.

There is no point in pointing fingers because there are three fingers pointing back at you.

As an actor, it is okay to fall and get up. Then you can give your best. Sometimes audiences don't receive it well, but you have to take it in the right sense. It is part and parcel of being in the industry.

When I turned 21, I started losing weight - again, a normal thing for any girl my age. I did not take a conscious decision to reduce my weight.

Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.

I had worked in Hindi films like 'Jaago,' 'Abra Ka Dabra,' 'Koi Mil Gaya,' but 'Desamuduru' was a different experience.

The only time my workout goes a little haywire is when I'm travelling.

I always give importance to scripts first, and remuneration is something that comes later.

I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.

Silence is my dignity.

I hate interference, and I don't interfere in others' lives.

I've finished 12th standard from Poddar International and enrolled for B.A. in political science in Cambridge University, London. It's a correspondence course, and I'll go to London for my exams once a year. That way, I can devote more time to films.

My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.

My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.

I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.

The Tamil industry, while being better than all the other film industries when it comes to treating female actors, is still dominated by men. So, I can only work within the space offered to heroines, and I think I am doing that.

People don't know that when there is something running in my mind, I start smiling. If I'm angry, I smile and blush.

I keep going to New York every year for 20 to 25 days. I love it there, but I can't imagine settling in any place other than India.

I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!

When I was shooting in Pollachi, I had tried out a lot of local food, most of them I don't remember the names of.

Building a home for neglected senior citizens is my long time dream.