Quotes from Sayani Gupta

Four More Shots' is high on the glamour quotient and has perfect looking women. But to constantly look perfect is quite exhausting.

I think I'm a humanist. I believe all humans should have equal rights to live, express, flourish, love and dissent, irrespective of their gender, caste, class, socio-economic strata, disabilities, political stance, religion or faith.

We are all driven by our personal realities. Otherwise you are a saint or someone who has dedicated their lives to activism.

But I don't want to be stamped a serious actress. I am a very goofy person, too. I want to do mainstream films.

We take so much for granted; we can't imagine life without our five senses. I sometimes would wonder what it would be like if I suddenly couldn't see one day.

I'm a greedy actor, craving for exciting parts to play.

I am no star. Nobody recognises me on the street.

I'm neither excited nor worried when my film releases. As an artiste, I would definitely want people to like my work... that's why we are here. But I don't really sit up and look at reviews. I have never sat down to ponder over what others have to say.

My work or art form should represent the kind of world view I believe in.

Axone', of course, was on racism, but it was also a kind of representation that hadn't happened ever before of the Northeast and the people from there. It was a nicely-written script; it was funny.

Human beings needed to slow down. We had been living a life full of hustle.

In my opinion, empowerment is when women have the chance to do what they want to do and the courage to do what they want.

I started my own chat show on Instagram, that also takes time. Then, I have also been singing and painting. I actually enjoy the down time that I get.

If it is a good film, the audience will like it. They will take to it if it is made with a certain amount of integrity.

I have a personal trainer who comes home. I work out three times a week for an hour each and focus on concentrated body weight training and cardio. Honestly, I don't always work out if I am too busy with shoots.

I never had any apprehensions while shooting for intimate scenes, we are all actors. The only apprehension would be about who are the people who are working on that particular project.

I'm very good at solving mysteries.

Women are more meticulous and methodical. But on the other hand, I feel if you go on a male-dominated set, which is mostly any other set, you don't ask how it was to be on a male-dominated set.

Women should be portrayed as they are, authentically and truthfully.

I'm dying to do a masala Bollywood film with typical song and dance. But having said that, my character in the film should have her own point of view. I won't play a role who has no brains.

I think what 'Four More Shots' wanted to do from the word go is to create a narrative where women have the agency. None of the characters are perfect. They have their flaws.

There are very very few narratives in mainstream that are actually about the woman.

I have always stayed away from works that objectify women or is misogynistic or politically incorrect.

I stayed back in Delhi for a year-and-a-half while I was working in the corporate sector. My office was in Qutab Institutional Area, and I used to live in CR Park at that point.