Soni Razdan Quotes

It's very important to not repeat yourself. After 'Delhi Belly,' I was offered 40 'Delhi Belly's and you can't do that! So 'Revolver Rani' is dark and gritty with action, 'Sooper Se Oopar' is a big commercial love story, 'Santa Banta' is a 'theth' Punjabi comedy, 'Golu Aur Pappu' is a kids' film and 'Amit Sahni Ki List' is an urban romcom.

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

I always get offered the pretty, popular girl roles, but I want to do something dark, really challenge myself and get out of my comfort level.

After I do a big movie I get offered big movies. But I always do the weirdest indie.

I'm sure a bunch of 15-year-old kids would way rather I do 'Superbad 2' than 'Moneyball.' But I would love to do movies like 'Superbad' and movies like 'Moneyball.'

An accent like mine and a face like mine, I think a lot of the time it's easy for casting directors to just stick me in as a bad boy, but 'Being Human' took a risk on me - bless 'em - and I'm not that bad boy no more.

I love doing serious movies for adults.

Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen.

I want to do different kind of roles that people don't want to do.

I look for roles where I can do justice, show people a side of Bollywood they haven't seen before.

It's never been my goal to do 'big' films because a big film in itself is not very interesting to me.

I am doing films that are content-oriented and where I have the scope to perform. Rarely do such scripts happen.

I love that I am being offered films but I just couldn't do the 'cotton sari-strong woman' role again. As an artiste, there is nothing more I can offer there.

I can't do only goody-goody roles. I can't be complacent, I have to play characters in different genres.

Despite what people say about my major film roles, I'm not a dull or monotonous woman searching for self-identity.

If I was someone who wanted to do just love-interest roles then I'd be in a difficult position. But thankfully I'm someone who likes to do things that are edgy and different.

I don't have any limitations that I only want to do serious films. I am trying to break that image but not very consciously.

I'm just open to doing all different kinds of movies. I have a movie called Scout coming out and it's a coming of age story. [] I have a very small role in it, but it was really fun to make and really light, but I do want darker roles.

I want to keep pushing those boundaries of acting.

I have never planned my career. I chose those films with which I could relate myself. But if given a chance, I would love to do the kind of roles Meryl Streep has done.

I don't like to limit myself as an actress.

If you see my filmography, I have mostly done non-glamorous roles.

Now that I am a part of the Hindi film industry, I hope I can do different roles with a lot of scope.

As an actor, I have always believed that content is the king, and I have always put my neck on the line to choose cinema that is off the beaten track.

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