Sanjay Leela Bhansali Quotes

Every single day, I wake up and take a glimpse of where I am now compared to where I was before, and the work that we have all put in to be in this space. I think of that, and being able to express myself through my art and show up and be present - that's activism, advocacy, and artistry in itself.

I'm here to break boundaries, man. That's all. I'm here to be the first so that the people after me don't have to think twice about expressing themselves and being free.

If you got talent, you just have to do you.

My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others.

You can't make an architect. But you can open the doors and windows toward the light as you see it.

Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must.

It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.

Some big actresses told me a few things that inspired me. One said that the biggest challenge for a female actress was to make sure they are not profoundly bored. Another told me to just do whatever you want - do anything.

Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

I just want to inspire my fans to be whoever they want to be, because that's what I've always done.

You have to believe 100 percent in what you're doing, that some picture or some thing we do is going to change the world in some tiny, minute way.

I don't feel so alive if I'm not being creative.

I'm going to continue the dancing because it really was an inspiration; it changed my life.

I'm very humbled by the fact that I do have so much to say, and I just hope that my walk, my honesty, will make a difference for people and maybe motivate them.

'Rebel' is not a word I would describe for myself, but I feel like I was a total rebel being an actor. It made me feel like there was something in me, a passion, a love - and that I didn't just squelch it.

I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.

I don't want to be super serious but I want to have fun with my platform. I want to touch people, I want to be relatable and let girls know that you can go to college and still pursue what you want after that.

Whatever you do, whether you're a journalist or a player, you want to see what you can do - that's why you're doing it.

You can be whoever you want to be when you are writing songs.

What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.

I just want to inspire people to be different.

Something I learned along the way is that you really have to have courage in life. You can do amazing things on any level. It doesn't have to change the world; it can just impact the people around you - that's just as amazing.

When you share your story and become vulnerable, the ripple effect and the people that you can help along the way is a life lesson.