Bhumi Pednekar Quotes

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

I try every day to do something that I've never done before or make some sound that I've never made before.

Breaking stereotypes and my own barriers is great fun, because that's what leads to growth.

I want to keep pushing those boundaries of acting.

I think every album you have to stretch further and further, give people another piece of you. But then I always try to deviate from the norm.

You don't know what the country is ready for unless you're pushing that envelope, and I was told that I couldn't develop 'Will and Grace'.

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.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

The show has boundaries right now we're trying to widen them not break them.

I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people's expectations of me as an actress.

I think it's the responsibility of a designer to try to break rules and barriers.

I've sort of made a reputation by high-stepping my way out of genre. As soon as somebody says, 'He does this,' I'm not standing there anymore.

Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast as I can.

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

The goal with 'Alpha' was to run towards the cliches and then to break through them, and that doesn't change depending on the medium.

It's a great place to be as an artist: if you confuse your label, you're doing your job.

I remember on my very first film, which Steven Soderberg executive-produced, he said, 'Try not to repeat yourself. Do things that scare you.' Even if it's a challenge, I want people to say that this guy tried this thing. Hopefully he learned from it.

I wanted to go beyond what K-pop is typically perceived as, and through 'Move' I was able to show a concept that's more edgy, more powerful.

You can't just be one of those guys where the whole league knows what you are and categorizes you as that and you accept that. I want to be one of those guys who expands his zone. Kind of like what Kawhi did.

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

When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves as we strive for greater heights.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.