Top 66 Urmila Matondkar Quotes

Being with someone makes you happier and more content as a human being and takes your personality to greater heights and vice versa. And I don’t think that’s being too demanding.

I find myself at my best when I am dancing.

I have stuck my neck out to stand with a party whose ideologies are closest to mine.

I took risks, and I did pay a price for it. I was made to answer because a ‘Kaun’ can’t do business like a popcorn entertainer or a romantic film would do.

I had no godfather/godmother/filmi family backing me, but I made it only because I just believed in my talent, and my audience reposed their faith in me. So, I always say that my godfather in B-town has been my audience. Without them, I would be nowhere.

As stars, we need to take risks, and I was up for those challenges.

I like my work to speak. Actually, I would like my work to scream!

I don’t think about how many times how many heroines have said ‘I love you’ to how many heroes on screen and that I am also doing the same. It is how differently I can say the same thing in my own style or how I can bring a new element into it.

‘Masoom’ was like a picnic for all of us. We kids just wanted to have fun acting in the film. We never realised when the film was completed. When we did, we realised the party was over.

My private life is always under scrutiny. Each and every action is analysed and re-analysed.

I’m proud when my dance numbers are spoken about for my expressions and steps.

I am an actress, period.

I am a torchbearer of love and peace.

Media generally likes to generalise things, as it makes their life easy.

I’ve always been proud of being a Marathi mulgi, but just because I don’t keep harping about it doesn’t mean I do not bother about my Marathi people.

I always thought that marriage needs to happen at the right time, for the right reasons, and with the right person.

‘Rangeela’ and ‘Daud’ are both exciting films. The songs, the music, the dances – they all blend so well.

Nobody can link the success of a movie with a particular artiste.

I have been trolled for my name, my marriage, my religion, even for my mother.

My mother’s brother is a very good singer. My grandfather took up classical singing lessons and learnt to play the harmonium.

I want to do every kind of role with a reasonable amount of panache. I want to be a fair combination of style and substance.

Pakistani men are great-looking. Now I know where all the good looking men in the sub-continent are hiding!

Glamour is a very small aspect of being an actress.

There was a place I visited in Lahore that felt to me like old Delhi, and I’m sure Pakistanis who come from Lahore to Delhi feel the same.

A man who does not approach me because of my screen image or is intimidated by me is probably not being worth approached by.

Public adulation is the ultimate high.

Taking care of a border security is one of the issues that government has to manage. It is not to be politicised to win votes and gain sympathy.

I don’t think there is anyone who cannot relate to music.

I like Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster. Among Indian actress, I prefer Madhubala and Nutan.

I’ve always done what was asked of me for a social cause. Tried to bring visibility to issues of health and education.

I have been exposed to different kinds of Marathi and Hindi music, classical music, and English songs since childhood.

I am completely in love with what I do.

As you grow older, maturity naturally comes to you. And it shows on your face. It’s true not only about looks, but your maturity should also reflect in your performances.

I haven’t necessarily joined politics to become a leader but because it was the need of the time.

An artiste’s input, her ability to create dimensions within the given space is very important.

I could have earned lots of crores by doing hundreds of more ‘Rangeela’ that came my way.

I am not scared of ghosts. I don’t believe in ghosts or in the supernatural.

My life has been inspired by Mahatma Gandhi from the days of my childhood.

To me, sex appeal means that when an actress is on the screen, she just engulfs the whole screen.

If an artiste has the conviction to carry something off, he or she can do anything.

I come from a background where we have been taught to give back to the society, as it is an obligation for all of us.

In Hindi films, there is a definite slot for every character and situation.

I am not naive or stupid enough to imagine that people are just going to look at my face and vote for me.

I’m quite cool about my sex symbol image. It’s nothing to be proud of or ashamed of.

I have been known to do a lot of glamorous, glossy songs in A-lister set-ups. This was unlike that. ‘Blackmail’ is a gritty film, so the song is also very different from what I have done before.

I never planned my career in the film industry, in acting. Yes, I always liked acting, but never ever I thought it would be my profession. I wanted to study, since my family has an academic background.

Dance is my passion, and I feel so strongly about it that just watching people dance lights up my face and makes me come alive.

In our own country, you can’t divide people.

I’ve always been selective about my roles.

I have always tried to make life interesting for myself by doing different roles that connect mainstream cinema with its offbeat counterpart.

My husband is as much a proud Muslim as I am a proud Hindu. That’s the beauty of our nation – and our marriage, too.

Actions should speak louder than words.

I have tried to generate hope and trust as a person.

My father was a banker, and my mother worked for the state government.

I have never shied away from experimental roles.

I respect the media, and in return, they respect my privacy.

Stars have no say in the release of a film. There are too many factors involved.

I am a complete Aquarian, a total romantic.

Being a host is about being able to communicate and build up a rapport with the audience.

I’m often asked how I shoulder the responsibility of films, but I’ve always believed in taking risks.

Before ‘Rangeela’ happened to me, all that was offered to me were song-and-dance roles.

I love song-and-dance films.

As long as I don’t look down upon any characters, that’s fine. The moment I do that – the moment I think I’m superior or that others are inferior – I’m finished as an artist and as a human being.

Dancing is never excruciating as preparing for it is. For instance, the song ‘Chamma Chamma’ had heavy outfits and even more heavy jewellery. ‘Kambakht Ishq’ was shot in extreme heat during the day and a rain sequence in the night, so we were literally drenched throughout the night.

I would like to do films where I will be remembered after people leave the theatres.

Yes, I’m dangerous. But only in my movies!