Top 60 Pooja Bhatt Quotes

I’m no role model, but I thought if I showed my frailties, which I had turned around into achievement, I could help many others.

I am acting in a film based on Abheek Barua’s ‘City of Death.’ It is a dark story that sifts through many layers of Kolkata.

You won’t see me compromising just because it is convenient for me to do so.

I am addicted to watching cookery shows.

I was told that since I am such an opinionated woman, people would think 10 times before approaching me for their films.

We have German Shepherds, gifted by a friend, and the rest are street dogs we have adopted.

I have Scottish genes: my grandfather was Scottish. My father was a voracious drinker. So, drinking came naturally to me.

My dear friend Randeep Hooda says I am more a unionist than an actor. I reminded him I was a star and not just an actor.

I don’t make projects; I make films.

I found my feet in my 40s: got divorced at 40, two years of drinking, and then, at 42, I became sober. My 30s were the most boring phase.

I don’t believe that a piece of paper can decide your relationship status.

I want to bust the stigma attached to alcoholism in our country. Women particularly are discouraged from seeking help because it’s a matter of shame for the family. We don’t share our pain or frailties; we cover our weaknesses, and it becomes a cancer.

The constant craze of size zero and crash diets is not very good.

I became more part of the industry after quitting acting. I contribute greatly to the industry, as I bring in talent, provide money in the chain, and make it happen.

I don’t only cater a film to the male audience but also the female audience.

Now, with a click of a button, one has access to amazing content across a wide plethora to choose from; hence, traditional filmmakers will have to evolve in order to cater to the palate of the newly empowered end consumer or perish.

Sobriety has been the most life-affirming path for me.

I don’t leave things like recovery to chance! I have learned from the best, after all – my father and uncle!

What supermarkets did to small neighbourhood shops is what digital platforms will do to cinema.

Since I started as an actress in the film industry, I realised the power of visuals and how that can fuel the imagination of our mind. It is very powerful. Therefore, I always cater to my own sensibility first and then to the world.

When I married Munna, people didn’t give our marriage even two months to survive. But we lasted for 12 years. The first 10 were magical. He’s a fair man, a wise man.

I am only in competition with the people who taught me cinema. I am not in competition with anyone in the industry.

No one is immortal. Don’t worry too much about your life. Just sing your song… and go.

We live in such a narcissistic world where people love to be in front of the camera.

It’s an unwritten rule that you respect people who’ve given you breaks. You see somebody’s body of work before you take a tone with them. I will talk differently to someone with 18 years of experience and someone with 18 months.

There are no bad actors. There are only bad directors who cannot make their actors act.

The last person who was brave enough to cast me was Rahul Bose in ‘Everybody Says I’m Fine.’ He gave me no choice. He is my dearest friend. I confided in him about how disillusioned I was by the business of cinema and stardom. He offered me a role.

Very often, unfortunately, people may believe something, but they go along with a group of people because they don’t have the courage to stand alone or stand up for themselves.

When Priyanka Chopra makes a mark for herself internationally, we claim her achievements as our own and then threaten to ban her films and make her apologize for a work of fiction that has been created by someone else. Can we please attempt to be larger than that?

I am choosy about my films, period – whether it’s my father directing it or anybody else.

My gaze is very different from that of Ekta Kapoor’s, and that is quite visible in those two films – ‘Ragini MMS 2’ and ‘Jism 2.’

I don’t believe in feeling victimised. Instead, I like facing it on. Would I like to change a few things in life? Yes! But at the end of the day, mistakes are the dues you get to have a full life.

‘Dhokha’ is a film devoid of any political bias. It conveys to the government that when we talk about individuals who are terrorists, we have to first acknowledge that we created them.

I need a combination of attitude, sensuality, and vulnerability. I need a new kind of heroine. After Bipasha Basu and Sunny Leone, India now needs an even more unique fantasy figure.

I want to be a star who acts as well.

I cook as much as I eat, and I like the aroma that comes out of a kitchen.

I love my flops. Look at my life: my failure that broke my heart made me stronger.

Metamorphosis is important as long as we learn from everything.

I’m in the pink of health except for the weight I put on because I’m now a stressful producer. But being the daughter of an alcoholic makes you four times more susceptible to becoming one.

People forget that I am the granddaughter of a person named Nanabhai Bhatt, who had made more than 150 odd films. He was the person to introduce the double role phenomenon in Indian movies.

I wish there were people who gave me roles like my dad did.

I did ‘Daddy’ when I was 17 years old. My father, Mahesh Bhatt, directed the movie, and he cast me.

I am single, successful, and reasonably attractive. Whether I decide to have relationships that end in taking the plunge or not, they are my decisions.

I stopped acting, as I was not curious about it anymore. I was not passionate about acting.

Actors betray. Technicians don’t. Movies are made by technicians.

Bollywood is a great place. You can expect support for award ceremonies, weddings, and funerals.

One thing I do not see happening is women of certain age being represented correctly. We have to evolve conceptually.

I am sorry if I am going to disappoint women who feel that becoming a mother completes you. I don’t feel I am any less of a woman for not having a child.

If there is anybody who can give you a combination of quality and reasonable budget, innovative content and casting, it is me!

I only believe in making movies with integrity.

Truth doesn’t need a PR. If you believe it, go out there and speak it. Do not expect anyone to hold your hands and support you.

A film based on my life would not be as interesting as my father. I have not lived a life as enriching as my father. I have only been observer to his life, so I think I’m the best person to make a documentary on him.

If you are not willing to be a lone wolf, keep your truth to yourself. If you want acceptance and your truths to be spoken, it is a slippery slope.

It is important to change, acknowledge, and accept our mistakes. It’s important that we – this goes even for me – introspect and see the wrongs we have done. It’s time we all grew up.

As I grow older, I realise that just because I’m so obsessed with the truth, it doesn’t mean that everyone else in my life is equally comfortable with it.

Every person has his or her own journey.

Most filmmakers looked at it as a medium to palm off sub-standard stuff. I don’t look at it like that. Your TV screen, mobile screen is as relevant as a cinema hall.

Your film is a hit, you bathe in champagne; it flops, a single malt lessens the pain.

I enjoy just being a producer and a home maker. I love being in charge. I love being the tortured and tormented soul. I am a Piscean. I enjoy the real-life drama fully.

It’s important that, as women, we tell ourselves we are half of the humanity, and unfortunately or fortunately, we rely too much on other people for our validation.