Top 66 Riya Sen Quotes

I’m always open to acting in Tamil films. In fact, I’m open to films from the south.

Now that I have started acting in Bengali films, I will look forward to working with various directors.

Shivam might not be as shy or as moody as me but he has a wanderlust as well. We both yearn to constantly travel.

If the offers are good, I am open to do movies in any language.

I don’t know where this glamorous image and all came from. I don’t find myself glamorous or bold.

I don’t mind being called sexy, but I am much more than just that.

Before social media actually came into play, there were only journalists, who would represent you. If I went to a party, I was written about negatively or sometimes in a positive way as well but it never was the actual thing.

When you start your career, you act in all kinds of movies. You don’t pick and choose. But later on, you may feel that there were some films where you should have given a second thought before saying yes.

No wonder they call shopping ‘retail therapy,’ as any girl will tell you how it just takes away all the stress.

Other actors have come up and told me that I don’t take my work seriously. How am I not taking it seriously? Ask the directors who I’ve worked with and they’ll tell you how serious I am.

I am on social media pretty often.

Digital content is getting very popular especially with the youth in India, hence short films are a great opportunity to tell different kinds of stories for the young audiences.

I didn’t learn acting. I was still in school/college, shooting and then going back to studies.

I enjoy wearing a saree more than a mini skirt and maybe that has come off as bad acting in some of my films, because I didn’t fit in there.

Bharathirajaa taught me everything, from body language to emoting with one’s eyes.

I am not a bimbo actress like some people out there have made me look like.

Everyone wants to be glamorous, no doubt, but I was so young when I came here. I was doing all these roles, wearing a mini skirt, running around and acting ‘cute.’ When I’d watch myself on screen I’d be like ‘eeks, I can’t believe that’s me.’

I don’t drink everywhere, as I am not a hard drinker. I also prefer not to drink in those parties where there is a huge gathering of people. For me, drinking is private.

In Bengali films, I played my version of glamorous, where I played a wide-ranging characters.

I think belly dancing is very sensuous.

As I’ve always been open to learning, directors have helped me with the nuances of acting.

Dad hails from the royal family of Tripura, Kooch Bihar and Baroda and is a great chef. Be it Nepalese, Italian, Lebanese, Chinese, Mughlai, Punjabi or Thai cuisine, he knows the nuances of them all.

I have been offered several Bengali films. Due to destiny and good luck, ‘Noukadubi’ will be my first.

When I look at my earlier work, I often wonder why I acted like that, why I wore that dress, why I said that dialogue… Why couldn’t I do it better? I realized I was too young then and not confident.

I have been in Bombay for the last 18 years; I have been on my own. I have travelled wherever I’ve wanted to.

So my first role was when I was five years old. I had one scene with my mom in a Bengali film called ‘Gajamukta.’ After that, I thought I’d become Madhuri Dixit.

Oh, Raima and I gel very well on screen. Our natural sibling camaraderie is evident once the cameras started rolling.

As an actress-cum-model, I’m extremely fashion conscious.

People think that just because I live in Mumbai, I’m not interested in Bengali films. But I want to act more in Tollywood because roles here are meatier.

On the sets, Bharathirajaa would treat me like an adult even though I was just 16. One day, he slapped me. I was taken aback. I cried and went back to school. Then, he called me and said, ‘You are like my daughter. Come back.’

I am lucky that my in-laws are incredibly special people and I love them dearly. My father-in-law is an extraordinary man and my mom-in-law a beautiful and brave woman.

My parents have been very broad-minded and let us do what we wanted.

I am quite comfortable with the way I look and I am not doing anything to change people’s perception.

Every film that you are doing, you feel it’s the best you’ve done, and you really enjoy it, until you move on to the next.

‘Jhankaar Beats’ is a great movie with fabulous music. But when I see myself in it as an actor, I feel so tiny and young.

I have no problem in confessing that I drink alcohol but I always take it in a very limited manner.

After exercising, I oil my hair regularly with almond, coconut, olive and castor oil.

I hardly own a sari.

I feel Bengali directors have offered me characters which have a story to tell and not just impress people because of what I wear in the film. That’s the kind of roles I want to do.

If I wore a mini-skirt then it would become such a big deal, if I kissed on-screen then it was bold, it was glamorous but if the top actresses did it then no one would even discuss it. So I was like why do I have this sexy, wild and glamorous image?

I hate matching stuff.

Rituparno Ghosh and Bharathirajaa are two directors who were born to direct.They can make even a stone act.

It wasn’t me. I couldn’t go on set every day, get my hair curled for hours and sit with all that make-up. It just didn’t do it for me. I took a conscious decision to stop working in Bollywood movies at that time.

I do miss home, especially my parents, but my work keeps me occupied most of the time.

I would like to act in films of all genres.

Chocolates tempt me a lot and I love binging on them. Sometime back, I had hogged so many of them that I had to go to Bangkok for treatment.

I don’t mind any role as long as I get to work with good directors.

A woman cannot change a man just because she loves him. A man will change himself if he loves his woman.

I eat everything under the sun and manage to do so as I control the amounts I eat, but I avoid binge eating.

I tapped into my potential in Bengali films, which I don’t think directors in Bollywood were able to understand.

I have always wanted to play the role of a village girl.

Marriage doesn’t guarantee anything, it doesn’t come with perfect settings.

Marriage largely entails love, respect, honesty, understanding and trust between two people, which only you can create for yourself to make it last.

Every time my sister and I went on the set with my mother, everyone would be like, ‘Oh my god, she’s going to become a star.’ So in my head, I always thought I was going to be an actress, but not so soon.

I love ghosts. I’ve actually seen a couple of spirits in my life and almost every single night, till today, I try and watch a scary film.

I don’t care if people compare me to my grandmother. I can never be like my grandmother. Nor was my grandmother ever like me. People may compare me with her or my mother, Moon Moon. But I am cool about it.

I have always taken my own decisions.

I have Kalpana Lajmi’s ‘Kyon.’ It focuses on teenage crime. My mother will play my reel-life mother in the film. I am excited about it for the simple reason that I will do a film with my mother.

I am very fond of chocolates.

I am enjoying my work but films are not my lifeline.

I am very fussy about my clothes and very moody as well.

I have never tied my hair in a bun and I rarely wear a bindi.

I was controversy’s favorite wild child.

Unlike any other star kid, I didn’t have any A-grade launch. I just did whatever came my way.

I grew up with Tagore and nobody ever expresses the emotion of love like he did and he understood women so well. He is the perfect man everybody dreams of, including me.

I was open to taking risks and learning from my mistakes.