Quotes from Ekta Kapoor

TV is very mass, especially now that boxes are shifting to small towns.

Though personally I'm not a fan of celebrating with fireworks, it is beautiful to watch the sight from a distance.

I'm told Jodha was someone whose eyes conveyed humility, simplicity, courage, and conviction. Paridhi embodies everything I had in mind for Jodha.

For me, it's quite scary to go ahead to make my characters say things because, at times, you might actually be influencing a mind - and not one but many of thousands of minds.

I don't think hype always works. It can get you initial audience, but eventually, it's your story, and the characters need to hold audience's attention.

Constantly adapting yourself to changing times is a very integral part of a successful person's personality because change is the only constant, and one should have the ability to change and adapt to change with time.

I remember, as a kid, when any woman/girl came close to my dad to get his autograph, I would throw a complete tantrum - yell shout and sometimes even fight!

I'm my dad's biggest fan and, yes, sometimes his worst critic.

If you talk to a woman, she will give you at least five incidents in a day, 5-10 in a month, where she had to work harder to prove herself because she is a 'woman,' maybe at a male-dominated work place or when she has to come across as a smarter woman if she is good-looking.

I would be surprised though if I don't get unbelievable critical acclaim for 'Dirty Picture' and a national award for my actress, Vidya Balan. The movie has one of the most well-written scripts I have come across, and a lot of youngsters in my office have looked at it with great admiration.

My holidays are generally impromptu, since a crazy work schedule is bound to eat into a long-planned trip.

When you talk about a daily soap, it means one would be seen 28 days a month, which requires 30 days of shooting. So an actor being seen on a show airing four days a week and being telecast thrice a day comes along with a baggage of the character.

I am not a person who will mince words.

When I made TV shows, people called them regressive. Clearly, everyone wants to generalize everything, but I like to choose a middle path.

I never said anything bad about Smriti, nor did she speak against me.

I don't think 'Jurassic Park' could have been so much fun had Spielberg not made a 'Schindler's List.'

I honestly believe that if you're not growing, then you are taking the space that somebody else would get if you moved forward.

Diwali is chaotic in the Kapoor household, and that's an understatement. I normally throw a huge card party with all my close friends and my close knit group from the industry.

Expect the unexpected from me!

I am very reactive and malleable. I have to figure out when to be hands on and hands off. If I am hands on all the time, I can't do too much. But my attitude works in a certain way. So the idea is to spread your personality, your attitude.

I am bad mannered, naughty, and one of those few people who lands up in controversies, but I guess that's expected of me.

As a producer, I am dying to explore psychology and urban dilemmas - say, fatigue - in a marriage.

I love the streets of Kolkata, and I admire the old architectural buildings.

I've never had a problem with criticism. Whether films or television, I've lived with it and emerged stronger.