Words matter. These are the best Mumtaz Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I had lost my mother during ‘Boond Jo Ban Gaye Moti.’
I survived cancer thanks to the support of my family.
After a string of miscarriages, I gave birth to my first child. I spent six months of my pregnancy stuck in bed, staring at the ceiling. So my kids mean a lot to me.
You can’t fight your destiny; you can’t fight your audience.
Even death will have to fight me.
God has been kind to me.
I was in the film industry just for 13 years and to remember me after 35 years is really an honour.
I have been a homemaker after bidding Bollywood adieu and, therefore, been a caregiver to my family.
I’m a practical woman.
I was just 15 years old when I did my first film, ‘Faulad,’ in 1963, opposite Dara Singh. Although I had worked earlier as a child actress, this was my first break as a lead heroine.
Be it career or marriage, spirituality helps you believe in yourself.
Everybody loves me but I can’t make everybody my close friend. I don’t make friends easily.
I couldn’t join my husband’s business as, according to my father-in-law’s unwritten convention, women of the house aren’t allowed to meddle in the family business.
I was all of 18, and in love with Shammi Kapoor while we were filming ‘Brahmachari.’ He wanted me to give up my career, but I wasn’t ready. I had my family to look after.
I like staying at home and indulging in cooking sometimes.
Some years ago, I landed in Mumbai with no eyebrows, no eyelashes, or hair. I wore a mask over my nose and yet people came up to me and asked, ‘aren’t you Mumtaz?’
As an actress, I had a very short career – it lasted 12 years.
I have so many memories of working with Dara Singh, but that was a long time ago.
I’d wake up at 4 A.M. every day, and reach the studios on the dot at 9.
I wish I had 10 hands and were blessed with 48 hours a day! Work just does not seem to end.
I can proudly say that for 80 per cent of my life, I achieved what I wanted to. There were very few setbacks. I don’t remember anything that I wanted and did not get. Once I made up my mind about something, I went for it. The easiest thing in life is to give up and I didn’t.
I was lucky that men wanted to marry me.
I have no regard for people who say, ‘I can’t.’
After I got married, my husband gave me a lot of comforts.
I never underestimated or overestimated myself. You should know where you stand. Moreover, you should have confi’dence in yourself because if you don’t, what is the point of struggling? You don’t know where you are headed!
There’s so much to learn from life every minute.
I don’t believe in giving up. Though there are a lot of obstacles, heartaches and disappointments, you shouldn’t allow these things to break you.
Well, I’ve always wanted to get a tattoo done, I just never got around to doing it!
I got to work with A-grade stars like Rajendra Kumar, Feroz Khan and Rajesh Khanna.
There’s a time for every woman to get married. You should seize that moment.
