I am someone who doesn’t pay so much attention to how I am looking. I get so involved in what I am doing, so I overlook that.
I take pride in saying that I am an army officer’s daughter even more than being an actor.
I feel things are changing now. Actresses are working at same pace even after getting married or having kids.
If you are chauvinistic mind, you will not be able to take the fact there is a strong, successful girl.
I think everything has its own pros and cons.
I’m paranoid about shopping. I get irritable. I find it tedious and taxing. People say shopping is retail therapy, but I need therapy after shopping.
I feel that’s a good thing as an actor that you do not feel satisfied. Whenever I go back and watch myself on screen, I find multiple reasons to redo that scene. That’s an occupational hazard that most actors face. You can never come to terms with it.
There are two things that give me perfect happiness – doing the perfect shot and travelling. I get stressed, really stressed by the fact that there is just so much to see and I am not going to live long enough to visit all the places I want to.
I am not a vivacious person in real. I hate smiling. I hate doing small talk.
Everything that I am going to do as an actress doesn’t matter where it’s coming from. It just has to be interesting.
I didn’t like when people said that actresses have shelf life.
I would watch films like ‘Frances Ha’ and ‘The Squid and the Whale,’ and wonder why we weren’t making these beautiful slice-of-life movies. Then I thought, ‘Why am I not doing it?’
As an actor, I have tried to do new things, and that’s why I have done few films.
The decisions that you make in your career stem out from the experiences you have early on in your career.
Just as you can’t blindly follow fashion, you can’t follow fitness, either.
Acting has always been my passion and will remain so.
For me, as an actor, it is brilliant that I can do both song-dance films and also something like ‘NH10.’ It is versatility which every actor aspires.
Once, I was coming back from school, and there was this guy who was eve-teasing me and my friend. I had a Milton water bottle that I flung it at his face. My dad told me if you are in a crowded place and a guy eve-teases, you should make noise. I did exactly that and got people on the road to beat up the guy.
I know what soldiers or their families go through.
Wrestling is not an action; it is a sport.
If I lead my life according to someone else, I’ve screwed my life up.
It’s difficult to judge yourself.
Having failures in life is important to understand where, exactly, you stand.
When you are not part of an industry, your knowledge of that field is based on what you read and hear and on the stereotypes that are attached to it.
I am not a bloody ghoda running a race that you give me a tag. I am competitive, and the reason for that is that I want to do the best films.
My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.
We all know that a beautiful face is an important aspect of an actor’s personality if he or she wants to make it big in Bollywood.
As an actor, I am careless with the way I look on screen.
I wanted fans to know that I’m human and not perfect.
My parents never gave me a nickname. But for my friends, I am everything from ‘Nushki’ to ‘Nusheshwar.’
I love the work that goes into making a movie and creating a different world. It is a wholesome experience.
I have never emulated any star or celebrity completely, and I hope nobody does the same of me.
As a viewer, I really want to watch author-backed stories, and there is something amazing about thrillers, the way it captivates your imagination.
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