Quotes from Farah Khan

Whenever I visit abroad, people recognise me - it feels great.

I don't neglect my kids. They are my priority. They come on shoots.

I'm happy directing films. On television, the direction takes your entire life away.

I always say that I'm a filmmaker, not a factory. I don't have to churn out films every six months.

Professionally, I like doing one thing at a time and enjoy directing the most.

I'm not promiscuous by nature.

For me feminism is equality.

Filmmaking is all about people management.

Aamir Khan in a sense, was my first teacher for filmmaking. He used to answer my doubts on the sets of 'Joh Jeeta Wahi Sikander.'

My experience in Bollywood has been this: You work hard, you deliver, and nobody finds fault with you.

You are punished only when you are not performing as per expectation, and not because you belong to a particular religion, caste, or creed. Here, you fail because your vision is not right or you have not worked hard. That's why I believe we have true democracy in the film industry. How I wish the rest of the country was like the industry!

I have to be someone; maybe I'm just doing it for my father. When I made a movie, it had to be a hit because when he died, he was a flop director.

When I became a choreographer, I was not assisting any choreographer. I was assisting the director Mansoor Ali Khan for 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.' I was the fourth assistant director.

The problem with people is that no matter how good you are at what you do, it's never enough for them. There will always be someone to point out some flaw. Someone will always find something lacking in you.

It is more difficult to make film which does not have a big name. People start questioning the cast and the budget.

I had babies at the age of 43 because sometimes you get so caught up, you are making your life, building your career and may be you don't want to get married.

It takes two years to make a good film.

I always wanted to make cinema which will entertain the masses, cinema that could be called escapist but is mounted on a realistic scale with high production values.

IVF is a wonderful thing. One has to ignore the injections as the reality is that nobody is going to invent a pill that you can take to get a baby.

When I am making a movie, I am very casual; wearing chappals, and have my hair tied. However, when I am judging a show, I take care of myself and get the makeup and hair done.

Somewhere my dad gave up. He was really so successful at his level that after a point he could not handle failure.

I am a hands-on mother, so I take long gaps between films.

At least in films you will go, you shoot for four to five months and then you can take a break. But I know how TV works... the directors are mindblowing, they work non-stop.

I always say that cinema reflects life, not the other way round.