Quotes from Rasika Dugal

But honestly, much of the work that I have done has had some impact on me. It's something that I have realised only later. I also find it amusing that the memories of actors are so consciously constructed around what happened to that piece of work, in terms of audience reception or box-office results.

There are very few parts, and very few scripts, that acknowledge women as sexual beings, or simply just recognise that women have desires.

I've been fortunate with the kind of work I've done, in terms of quality. But a lot of work didn't get the kind of release and attention that it deserved. And, I feel little let down by our distribution system.

My family moved from Rangoon to Rawalpindi during World War II. My father was born in Lahore in 1946. Those were difficult times.

Because I feel as actors we are required to be vulnerable, it is a part of our job. So the space that you are being vulnerable in should respect that, otherwise it is not worth it.

The way you get to explore a city when you are on shoot is so different from when you are there as a tourist.

If you are true at telling the story, it will get a good audience, and the required numbers.

If the story is insensitive to a person and is not nuanced enough, that's a story I don't want to be a part of. Otherwise there is no other character that I don't want to play.

You can't understand a character intellectually, you have to become one with its emotional core.

Naseer Sir taught me while I was a student at the Film and Television Institute of India. Anything I know about acting is thanks to him.

'Slice of life' is not a genre I had experimented with much, and it's quite difficult.

I like to watch actors while they are acting, how they hold their attention when so many people around are there to distract them. It's difficult.

It was been an absolute joy being in 'The Vagina Monologues' for so many years. I think the play is truly special.

A good working relationship between an actor and the director is very important. It takes a while to build a comfort zone because filmmaking is a long process so it is important to connect with people you work with.

In acting, I've found my soulmate.

Memories come out only when you spend time with a person.

Women often get ignored from main narrative, especially in films.

Whenever I work on a role, I always allow it to subconsciously take me to a place that is magical and unexpected, rather than consciously driving it to a place.

There's a difference between being a star and an actor. If you feed off from being in the public eye, this is the unfortunate flipside to it.

I like a sensitive script, interesting and respectful directors and co-actors, producers who understand the creative needs of a project. A happy unit in which everyone collaborates to try and make something compelling.

But having said that, becoming an actor was the best decision I ever made. With its ups and downs and its craziness, nothing makes me happier in life.

I have been offered roles in mainstream films which have not been interesting to me. They have been too insignificant.

My general idea about my work is that it's more about the work than the things that come with it. I am constantly striving to improve on that and find new things to do there. That journey itself is so interesting is because there's so much to do that there's no room for doubt there.

I think we still have a long way to go in understanding that feminist and femininity are not opposites.