Quotes About Adaptation

Actually, my real name is not Mona. It's Jasmeet. I changed it to Mona when I came to Mumbai.

I was 19 when I made my Bollywood debut with 'Ekk Deewana Tha,' and all alone in Mumbai. I would be easily affected by all that was said or written about me.

In Bengaluru, I'm Danish's sister, and in Mumbai, he's Kubbra's brother!

Everybody has to go through a struggle period, and I was no different. When I came to Mumbai from Delhi, I didn't know anybody, and all my relationships had to be built up from scratch, including my work relationships.

When I moved to Mumbai for college, it was bit of a culture shock.

I was an innocent Delhi girl, which is good for an actress, but worked against me when I shifted to Mumbai.

In Mumbai and Chennai there is method in the madness. Despite its large crowds there is a 'live and let live' spirit and a connection with good.

I am basically a Delhi boy who has been living in Mumbai for the past 12 years.

Doing theatre in Delhi didn't guarantee success in Mumbai.

Even after coming to Mumbai in 1981, I did theatre for some time.

Well, Kolkata is home but I have got used to living in Mumbai too.

Back in 1981, when I had moved to Mumbai from Delhi and literally lived on the streets, I started accepting any role that came my way.

In the industry, people talk about how getting their first project was a struggle but for me, the real struggle in Mumbai was to adapt to the lifestyle, culture and work ethics.

In 2004, I shifted to Mumbai and started working in theatre, along with working for corporates for 15 years. That helped me a lot in creating a different character for multiple shows.

It was a big step for me to go to Bayern Munich. Of course, the expectations were different than at Dortmund, but that's what I wanted.

I took responsibility in Munich from the beginning. But I could not walk in with splayed elbows into the club and say, 'Here comes the Schalke captain.'

My first year in Munich was definitely not easy.

If you want to measure yourself with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United, you, as Bayern Munich, need a philosophy. That must be the aim of the club.

All you can hope for when you get a book adapted for TV is that you get a good actor and not some muppet off 'EastEnders.'

Muppet films are never easy to film 'cause Muppets have no legs.

Everything I do through the course of my life, every day I do it with my arms, and it means that by using this muscle so much I have changed gradually the state of my muscle, turning my muscle into red fibers.

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you've got to keep reinventing yourself to stay on top.

I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.

The more muscle I'm losing, the better I'm cueing.