Top 50 Taapsee Pannu Quotes

I truly consider sports stars as the real stars because they represent our country, which makes them really stand apart. I don’t think I can be one of them, and I just find them extremely confident and self-made.

With every movie, I am trying in my own little way to do whatever I can to change the way female characters have been presented and how an actress that comes from a family outside the industry is making an impact.

I’ve seen people being in awe of Anurag Kashyap, but I’m not a fangirl.

I am an outsider. I was never offered the kind of roles where I could play the glamorous diva, because there are already so many of them doing it – and doing it well. So I had to bring to the table much more than just looking good.

I knew that the only way to get noticed would be by doing something that was not expected of me. I was sure I wouldn’t get noticed if I continued to play the heroine in films like ‘Chashme Baddoor.’

I am moving towards that zone where I don’t want to be a replaceable name. This is my goal. I want to hear from the industry that, ‘You are the only one who can do this. We will not go ahead with the project if you don’t do this.’ And I want to hear from the audience that it is worth watching a film that I have done.

I haven’t faced harassment in terms of work, but I think every girl in India has gone through some or the other awkward moment in public where she was eve-teased or touched inappropriately.

People think that unless you become the de-glam girl, who has horrible things happening to her, you’re not really acting; all it takes to cry for the camera is some glycerine. Not doing anything is what’s difficult; I know a lot of actors who will agree with me.

I watch a lot of badminton, and as a result, I know more or less about the forms of most of the players.

I am a self-proclaimed feminist in a lot of ways, but I am not going to say that I will take a pink flag and run to India Gate with that.

I think being strong is something that resonates with my personality. It’s on my face.

I genuinely don’t feel like a star, with the kind of struggle I’ve had to go through.

I will do all genres. I will do intense roles, along with the kind of films that I have grown up watching, like ‘Biwi No. 1’ and ‘Judwaa.’ But I won’t do films where, if you take me out of the script, nothing changes.

To me, a good film is one that can keep me engaged for two hours.

I want to be a star. It doesn’t mean that I’ll act any less. My performance will be at par, but I want to be a star. I want the audience to spend their hard-earned money on my tickets without doubting. And when that day comes, I’ll believe I’m a star.

I will stand for equality, and that doesn’t mean giving me reservation. I would like to fight for it; just give me a fair chance. That’s what being a feminist is.

I keep saying this: that I’ll get married when I am ready to have a kid. I won’t have a kid without getting married for sure.

I don’t regret a single decision of mine. Even if I made mistakes, they helped me evolve.

It helps me rejuvenate when I use my energy in different directions and then come back to acting.

As an individual, I have no fear of failure… I think that translates on-screen in my performances.

It’s very claustrophobic to live a life which is not really how you wanted to live. You are forcing yourself to be quiet and behave like someone you are not.

I’m trying to break a lot of prejudices with my every film.

Nepotism and outsiders are two sides of the same coin that is Bollywood. They both have to co-exist. Both have their share of struggles.

I play on my honesty. Audience like me because they find me honest.

I am not much of a trained actor. I have to get my brain and heart to go deep inside the situation, and then, probably, I can start acting. It takes me a little while to get out of it.

I have never used a fairness cream in my life. I don’t think being fair is in any way superior to any other colour. And when I started working, I found that being fair has actually backfired for me. I have lost a few films because I’m too fair.

I feel that I’m a perpetual struggler. I always keep struggling to get certain roles, and when I get them, I struggle to get certain types of films.

Who said that looking good is not a task? There are so many girls with a well maintained body, but will they be able to walk the beachside in front of the camera wearing a swimsuit? Carrying your body in a certain manner to look sexy is also an art.

I feel it’s better we have an open mindset to see what exactly we are trying to say. In ‘Mulk,’ we have not criticised any community, and neither have we said any community is good or bad. We have just shown the true picture and left it to the audience to make the choice.

I’m very good at manipulation.

Over the years, we have been conditioned that certain communities need to be looked upon in a certain typical way. So I think we need to question the logic behind it. ‘Mulk’ is going to question that logic – and where did it start and why did it start and the need to change it immediately.

With ‘Judwaa 2,’ I captured the kind of market that I could have never penetrated into on another occasion.

Honestly, till the time each and every movie-goer knows about me, I will not stop doing multiple films a year.

I am very expressive and hyperactive.

I make sure I don’t repeat my genre, don’t repeat a role for sure.

In school and college, there have been instances where I wish I knew how to defend myself.

As an actress, I am happy that people are offering me good roles and I am earning success critically and commercially.

As long as I get to do the kind of work I want to do, I am okay with being a Z-lister.

It is not a shocker to me that a film went out of my hands, not because I was not credible, but because I was not so-and-so’s daughter or sister or dating so-and-so.

Whenever I’ve surprised my audience, I’ve gained something out of it.

There are many projects that come an actor’s way, and one cannot say yes to all of them. Reasons of saying no vary all the time, but for me, it has never been on the pretext of not wanting to work with ‘a particular actor’ ever! I would never do that.

This industry is quick to stereotype. People had started talking about how I was primarily being part of women-centric movies. I didn’t want to be labelled as part of a mahila morcha.

I have always been inclined towards sports.

Telugu cinema can really spoil you. They treat you like a queen. As soon as you get down from your van, they will all stand up, and they won’t sit till you have passed by. I love that attention and miss that.

I don’t believe in poking nose in other people’s matters, but when it comes to matters related to me or something that affects me, I will not shy away for saying something I believe.

I’m not a confused person in real life. I’m very clear.

While I do my work with a sense of honesty, I tell myself, ‘What is the worst that can happen? I fail, right?’ So, will I stop living after that? No. I will try again.

I never regret or sit back and think that I shouldn’t have said something. There are a lot of people who tell me that you shouldn’t say this or that or should keep quiet, and I really think that I can either be true to my conscience or can live a fake life by staying quiet.

Having done both commercial and hard-hitting cinema, I can say none of them are easy.

I judge my film choices based on the director, and then I see how much the story has affected me when I read it or when I hear it in the narration. Then comes how important my role is in it, but primarily director, script, and then role.