Amisha Patel Quotes

My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.

I've wanted to be Mick Jagger since I was 18. One of the things I love about music is that you don't have to be dependent on other people like you are in the film business. I hate being dependent on anyone. With my music, I can do whatever I want. I also think it's made me more relaxed as an actress.

If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it.

All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.

My mom lived with me until I started making enough money to support myself. I was asking her to leave the entire time. I'd been ready to move out since I was, like, 14.

I'm never going to be a woman who doesn't work.

At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting thing and I just wanted to be able to keep going because it was really good. That was all I wanted.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today.

My mother always told me, 'Don't get married. Make your own life. You don't need a man.'

There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.

I made a decision that whether or not I was going to make under the national poverty level wasn't going to play a part in whether or not I was an actor. That's what I do.

I'm Southern, but I need to be out making my own money, and impacting the world outside of my house.

There's plenty of great independent films to do, but you can't support yourself making independent film as an actress.

There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.

I am a woman who, you know, I run my own business. I don't need a man financially, for anything, but just to be a companion.

I never got one cent from the government or from China so I am very independent.

I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

As a filmmaker, one tends to want to evolve evermore towards a place of independence.

Even when I was in Dubai, I used to host small birthday parties, events, and lots more to make money of my own to fulfil my wish to become an actor. I didn't take any money from my parents to fulfil my dream.

I do not have to depend on a man to give me bread.

I just want a guy that is secure with himself and is not intimidated by what I do and how I can provide for myself, because I don't need a man for that, nor have I ever looked for a man to just take care of me.

I am an independent, educated woman, I make my own money, take care of my mom, and I am single, so I can do whatever I want, taking no one's permission, and that is the best part.