Urmila Matondkar Quotes

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

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

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

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

"I thrive on cheese and champagne."

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

"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."

"'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."

"I don't like cooking and don't cook until I am forced to. Then I expect everyone around to appreciate what I dish out."

"I like seafood like prawns and fish - I can live on prawns!"

"I am not fond of red meat."

"Just because of 'Rangeela' and 'Daud,' it can't be said that I am a sex symbol."

"'Rangeela' was a very wonderful film, a great experience."

"'Rangeela' and 'Daud' are both exciting films. The songs, the music, the dances - they all blend so well."

"There's a lot of scope for performing in masala movies."

"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."

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

"I never considered politics as an option, not ever."

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

"The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people, isn't it? What makes the person a big leader or a big name is only what the person has done for the people."

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

"I guess I have been daring and lucky with my roles."

"I am an actress, period."

"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."

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

"For me, politics is giving your word, standing by it, and abiding by it no matter what."

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

"I always liked acting, but it was not that I was dying to become an actress. It just happened, and I am enjoying it."

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