Ileana D'Cruz Quotes

Nepotism and outsiders are two sides of the same coin that is Bollywood. They both have to co-exist. Both have their share of struggles.

I've been fortunate - I haven't had too many auditions. I slept with the right people.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

I've always been, with acting, very hesitant to get myself into situations where I would be accused of nepotism.

Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.

Everyone has opportunities and different doors that are opened to them in different ways. In the end, if you're talented you'll get work, if you're not, you won't, so it doesn't really matter who you know.

Of course nepotism exists, but if star kids are not good at what they do, they won't last.

I'm not going to deny that knowing someone in high places can sometimes get the job done. That's the name of the game. A son or daughter of someone famous will get a break. But once they're in there, they're on their own.

There are so many people who make their debut every day in B-Town, and there is no competition among a particular section of actors. Everybody is talented, and all actors are trying to make their mark in the industry. No one is competing with another person.

Those who belong to the film families may have a certain advantage, but nobody can keep you in this business if you don't deserve it.

I can pretty much call anyone, whether at the White House, in a company or in the media. I have access, because of the silliness of the entertainment world and how people react to it. It gave me an enormous opportunity to do anything I really want to.

You think that if you are the best actor, you deserve the most or if you are the biggest star, you deserve the most. That race just isn't important to me.

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

The way it works in Hollywood is that if you're hot it doesn't matter if you're right for the part or not, you're just offered it.

Too often, people get jobs based on who they know - not what they know.

Sure, it does help you get into a room, but at the end of the day, you have to be able to deliver, and you have to be talented, because they're not going to hire me because my dad is David Cassidy, who was famous in the '70s.

Ranveer Singh and Varun Dhawan both have a body like Salman Khan. But they can't say it. If they call themselves as Salman Khan, then they won't get films. They can't afford to be against Khan. This is how the filmy world works.

I couldn't be a conventional commercial actor without being a star-kid. That kind of a big film needs a certain mounting, a little paraphernalia around you. And nobody would give me that.

I started my career in Hollywood, where I learned the rumors were true - having success there really was dictated by how who you knew, not what you knew. I grew frustrated by the fact that careers could be made and broken by relationships alone.

The world doesn't reward talent, it mostly rewards those who are connected.

My journey is different from other star brothers, kids, or sisters. I think that is one of the main reasons that people don't question me on this. So far, the media and the audiences have not really roped me into the ambit of nepotism.

People are wrong when they say that there is struggle in Bollywood. That is only when you don't have the talent. If you have talent, Bollywood comes to you.

Even if you are an established actor's son or daughter, you need to work hard.

Well, basically, when you get SNL, everyone wants to take a meeting, just in case you end up being good.

I didn't have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power - my charisma - was not a match to my writing ability.