Top 55 Rekha Quotes

I’m so grateful for every day and every moment, I ask myself what I did to deserve this blessing?

I am vegetarian, an eggetarian rather… because of its proteins.

When you savour and relish every moment, then you learn the art of preserving yourself.

I know what kind of impact I have on people.

When does one register that one is a woman? Does she become a woman when she becomes responsible; when she falls in love; when she goes through pain?

People come and go in your life. It is up to you choose how you want to associate with that person. It is up to you to learn and imbibe things from such a person.

If a marriage doesn’t work, you can’t do anything about it. I am not the kind who’ll stick on under false pretences.

If you ask me to assess myself, I’m an okay actress and a good human being. But I’m not content.

I have never taken stardom seriously.

I follow my own mind and judgment.

I don’t expect love from others. When you’ve so much of it within yourself then why would you want it from someone else?

Life is not perfect. I’ve had my share of sweat, blood and pain.

I was called the ‘Ugly Duckling’ of Hindi films because of my dark complexion and south Indian features.

I don’t think people change.

I’m ready to try anything. It’s not the length of the role or that I won’t play a mother.

I enjoy every moment of my life.

Every film I do is mine.

I never hired a PR agency in my life, nor do I believe in promoting and marketing my films.

Yes, I find it therapeutic to clean my vessels and polish them. I like to water my plants and clean all the artefacts in my house.

I feel that whatever God gives you, happiness or sadness, there is a motive behind it.

I believe in soul mates, in eternal love. Not eternal marriage.

I will always be Bhanurekha. Whatever she was, in me as a human being, she is still very much there.

My face is so slim that it is the most deceptive part of my body. Looking at my face, people think I am a very thin and delicate person.

I believe in being true to myself. I believe in being true to my work.

No one comes into my house except family.

I think what attracts a woman to a man are his imperfections.

I remember what I felt at 27. That’s when I became my own person, a woman of the world. I knew what I wanted in life. I fell in love with life.

I can’t cheat on my performances. For me my films are like my babies. I nurture them and look after them like a mother. I can’t play truant from shooting even for a day. When I agree to do a film I am with it all the way.

I don’t believe in either selling or marketing myself.

People say a wife is always one-up because she has the man. I say the ‘other woman’ is ten-up because the man wants her in spite of having a wife.

One thing that has influenced my personal life, my career, my attitude, the person I have become and every decision that I have made is a fact that I have been a loner as a child.

I’m not someone who chases illusions.

Mr. Bachchan is one of the best things to have happened in my life. The best teacher, the best guru.

I don’t really want to be a goddess, or a diva or whatever I’m called. I just want to fulfil my responsibilities.

All I wanted was to be married, loved and to spend my life with somebody who cared for me and have lots and lots of children.

It’s not that an actor needs to be pampered so much as that one needs to provide a nurturing environment that is encouraging.

Forming a good habit early in life is very important as it goes on to become your nature.

I want to do something that is really me. Money is not a reason to do it.

The bottom line is to have fun and enjoy life.

I was never the kind of person who voiced my impressions or my feelings. I never told anybody what I feel. I still don’t.

I don’t believe in getting love, I only believe in giving love. Because I’m love personified.

A woman should be seen by the luminosity of her grace and not heard shooting her mouth away about praising herself which is so not lady-like.

Whatever was given to me, I respected it, I valued it and I relished it and with me, the entire world relished it.

I have the ability to make my fantasies come true.

The audience will never tear Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan apart in their memory.

Besides gardening, I love to sketch and to sing.

For me movies are the medium through which I connect with people.

I have always loved and admired women.

My last two scenes in ‘Yatra’ were memorable in the sense that I had ample scope for emoting.

Standing in front of Mr Amitabh Bachchan is not easy.

I feel I have been born to affect people in a positive way.

True sensuality is something that is inherent or innate.

If I see a certain faults in people, I know there will be more faults in me as well. I’d rather focus on how I should work on my faults.

My life is one big prayer because my life is one big blessing.

No talk show or game show for me, thanks.