Freida Pinto Quotes

I admired actors like Dilip Kumar and Om Puri as a kid and acting was all I ever thought about.

My background is from India, and I always get asked, 'When are you going to do an Indian film, a musical or Bollywood film?'

I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting.

I could even do an Oriya film if the role excites me.

The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.

In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment.

When Rakesh Roshan called me for 'Khoon Bhari Maang,' it was supposed to be a six month shoot, but I ended up staying for four years doing 12 films.

If I want to be the sexy Bipasha Basu, then I'll do a song here or a glam role there. But I want to be part of films that are watched, films that earn money and are new age, with author-backed roles.

Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I'm comfortable and so much I have declined because I haven't been comfortable.

I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.

There is a Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, and I'd like to act alongside him - whatever the film.

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

I am greedy for both Hollywood and Bollywood. For me, Bollywood is not new, as it is something that I grow up on... I know the plot... stories and characters that are written and made. I haven't got the right opportunity to show my work in Bollywood.

I find myself apologising for not being a proper actor. I never intended to be involved in the film industry and still do feel that, with the exception of a couple of brief skirmishes with the film industry.

I don't necessarily want to be defined as an action star. I love movies, and my movie culture, luckily because of my parents and my family, is quite obscure and independent.

I'm planning to have a career based on my acting skills rather than the size of my chest.

I've always wanted to do an Indian film, but I didn't want to come to India and pretend that I could play an average Bombay girl.

No, I am not looking at being a part of television in India, but I may consider movies, if I get to play a strong character.

My inspiration are actors like Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurana, Ranveer Singh.

'Buguri' is a romantic film, and I play Ganesh's love interest. Initially, I had just hoped to do one Kannada film since I'm a Kannadiga. Now, I'm even learning to converse in Kannada.

It is my dream to be a Bollywood actor.

I hadn't made up my mind whether I had to do Hollywood or Bollywood films because I loved both, and I grew up on both. So I am glad that Bollywood chose me.

I always wanted to act, but it was not because of the influence of my family. I just wanted to act since I was four! I used to watch a lot of movies. One of the things that attracted me were the songs picturised on 'Govinda' and Karisma Kapoor, who would dance in the middle of the street!

I was about 19 when I began working for Hindi films.

'Baazigar' was the movie which initiated my drift towards acting.