Raveena Tandon Quotes

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom', only talent can keep you at the top.

I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

Yes of course, 'Dabaang' has certainly brought me more recognition and fame.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be on posters. I want to be good.

Many talented actors have come into this industry and, in spite of their best efforts, haven't been able to win over the audience.

Once you are accepted as a star, as a good artiste, nothing else matters.

Marital status is not going to affect one's prospects or fan following, for ultimately, talent will prevail. Take Aamir Khan or Shah Rukh Khan, for instance. Actors are mere dream sellers. They cannot become everyone's lover.

I think if you are a talented person, your story makes you a bigger star rather than the art.

There are parts that you can do them all your life, and no one knows you're even acting, and there are other parts which somehow - I think they say they 'pop' - people notice that you're in and you become an actor from the movies and people take you in a whole different way. Whether or not I can keep that ball rolling is another matter.

To establish yourself as an actress, you have to become well known. A girl just starting out, I would tell her to concentrate on acting, but she doesn't have to go around wearing blankets.

I'd always wanted to act, but it was a question of whether acting wanted me and whether the movies wanted me.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.

In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture.

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous.

Suddenly, I'm in movies that people are excited about, and that is a nice change.

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.