Parvathy Quotes

"If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am bad at my work."

"My career strategy has never been the most important thing; my conscience is."

"Even with me, there are so many things I have bottled up."

"I am not the kind of person who shouts out."

"Bollywood marketing is larger-than-life. Honestly, it amuses me."

"Everybody has a priority. Mine is simple and clean acting, and my work, irrespective of the industry I am in, will not cater to anything else."

"I have been in the industry for 11 years but still feel excited about my work. That is what keeps any actor going."

"There is casting couch in the Malayalam industry."

"Sameera, my character in 'Take Off,' was extremely intense."

"As an artist, my only relationship to my audience is through my work. That relationship is sacred to me."

"Reviews are extremely subjective, but I have respect for them."

"Until 'Bangalore Days' happened, a huge commercial success had not happened to me."

"I have been shocked at some senior actors who made lewd comments on my body. They think it is normal, and in fact, I thought it was normal. But, much later, I failed to see how that is a normal thing."

"Some of our life experience makes us weary of love and make it difficult to forgive others."

"How sad is that life when a man thinks that his manliness comes with asking sexual favours from a woman. That's the saddest way of being a man."

"As an actor, my body is my tool to flesh out the roles I play."

"I don't believe in looking like a mannequin. I like my bulges and love handles, but fitness is important for me."

"I discovered that there was no difference between playing a real-life character and a fictional one."

"I know how difficult it is to learn languages, since I am working in three regional industries in South India, and unless the director wants my voice to be dubbed, I do my own dubbing."

"Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives."

"Women need to tell their stories from their experiences, and that may not mean that it would be all stories with women as protagonists."

"We need storytelling from all angles. We need men, women, and trans people participating in all aspects of filmmaking; this is the only way we can depolarise the age-old standard of singular perspective."

"I play Sophie in 'Koode': a very strong and soft woman who has been through many atrocities yet holds herself together through conviction in herself."

"Yes, I am happy that my work is recognised, and it is wonderful to be acknowledged."

"Awards are like a pat of appreciation from the jury and viewers. It is almost like them saying, 'So, you have done well; we expect you to carry on doing good work.'"

"One must keep challenging oneself to do well in any profession."