Top 50 Nithya Menen Quotes

I don’t enjoy public attention. I don’t like being recognised, being clicked, or being written about. But then it is destiny. I am just going with the flow.

As long as I know what I’m playing, I shouldn’t concern myself with others’ footage.

I am not sure for how long I’ll stick to this industry. Acting is just a part of my nomadic life.

Films were always there at the back of my mind. I would try to move away, but films kept coming to me. I would do movies for friends. I guess some things are meant to be!

Having a good actor as co-star is always a pleasure, as it gives you space to perform. It’s nice to work with nice actors.

People in Andhra Pradesh treat me like a girl next door after ‘Ala Modalaindi.’ I feel at home here.

I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.

I don’t think I am really awesome. I think I have basic qualification to be an actor.

I’ve always looked forward to do something different in all my films.

Being an actress does not mean that each thing that happens in my life has to be news or meant to be shared with others. Acting is a profession, and once I leave the sets, I want to be left alone.

I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small one does not bother me at all. What matters is that I should have a rapport with the director.

It’s not in every film that you connect to the role.

Nobody goes to college and learns anything.

Soundarya was always respected, and she is looked at in a certain way that I always would like to be looked upon as an actress.

My cinema is of a different kind: give me a good meaty role instead of two or three songs and running around in foreign locations wearing itsy-bitsy costumes. I’m clear and focussed about my priorities.

For me, a story has to have characters, and my role should be meaningful. At the end of the day, people should say that they like my performance.

Your heart and your instincts are far more reliable than your brain. When you follow your heart, you can be sure you won’t regret it later. Even if you calculate your every move, it’s not like life ever goes according to plan.

After I did ‘Ala Modalaindi,’ I wanted to prove that a girl can also carry a film on her own.

I’m really fond of P. C. Sreeram, and we got along quite well on the sets of ‘Ishq.’

When I first heard the ‘Urumi’ script, I was surprised, shocked, and excited. It was a strong script with a reference to the past. It had fact mixed with fiction. To incorporate facts into a film and introduce fictional characters was interesting. I loved the script.

I have met fantastic men in my life and horrible women. I have also met some amazing women and terrible men. I have seen women who are sexists.

I’ve no apprehensions and inhibitions as an actor.

I am not a trained singer, but I love to sing.

I am not an actress who only wants to do lead roles.

We should be actors rather than trying to be a lead; it will create a healthier atmosphere.

Acting was never planned.

I am not very fond of spotlight or even, for that matter, money. I appreciate the small things that give me joy. The most precious forms of happiness often come from things that money cannot buy.

I fell in love at 18 when I was in college, and that’s probably why I know what it’s like to be in love, and I can express it in a better way.

All these years, I have handpicked my films. It was passion and love for the art that made me do films.

It doesn’t feel great to be compared to Genelia or anyone. I don’t want to be compared, and I would like to think I am different.

I was honoured to work with Amol Gupte. He is a brilliant person.

I felt very comfortable working with Jr. NTR. We immediately broke the ice almost the first day. I always found him very down to earth.

After I finished my degree in Mass Communication in Manipal, I enrolled for a cinematography course in Pune Film Institute. That is when Nandini Reddy, the director of ‘Ala Modalaindi,’ convinced me to act.

I don’t belong to any social network, and I don’t even message much. In fact, most of the time, I don’t even use my mobile phone.

I was eight years old when I was offered a film. And before I knew it, I was acting in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu movies.

All of us just go to college and waste our time and to pass our exams. So just learning journalism does not mean I’m good at it or any of the journalists are, either. There is no difference; it’s just class, and it’s just college.

As an actor, it’s really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

Even though my family was accepting of an unusual career, cinema, my journey in it has still been a tough one.

I draw inspiration from everything I’ve seen and been through. My life has been my biggest teacher.

I will not accept a role just because a big hero stars in it. I am not here to merely dance, run around trees, and be a glam doll.

I’m serious, in general, and I guess I cling onto the little freedom I have offscreen. Having said that, I am funny and, at the same time, detached from a lot of things in life.

I must tell you that Telugu film industry is one of the most comfortable places I found a woman can be. They do make a lot of mass films, but from my experience as an actor, I can tell you that people are very nice and welcoming. In fact, it’s slightly more difficult in other places.

I studied journalism, though I never really became a scribe.

I love being part of this industry, but at the end of the day, it is a job, and I like to have a life beyond films.

Journalism is not what it used to be. I thought it was an important job, but it is not. I’m idealistic, and it pretty much upsets me that negativity sells and that even if I wanted to tell the truth, I wouldn’t be able to if my boss does not okay it.

I don’t think I need to do a big-ticket film to be considered a big actress.

If you worry too much, it shows in your acting, and it ceases to be effortless.

I am not bothered about if my role in a film is small or big. Because if the character I am offered is sensible, I would do it even if it is small.

When they say ‘action,’ I am into it completely and forget everything around. When they say ‘cut,’ I am back to myself.

I don’t prepare for any role. I go on the sets and do it.