Aditya Roy Kapur Quotes

I've never been able to control my public image.

They put out statements to make themselves look good.

My public image is none of my business.

I don't like to filter myself, but I do it for PR's sake.

I could have had my husband put me on a lot of TV shows every day, but I chose not to. I am a serious businesswoman. I don't enjoy being out there on TV; it's not what I do well.

Press conferences are good. I have my own philosophy about press conferences. I usually think that when they don't like the movie, they ask about other things.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.

I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. No one could find pictures of me.

Doing the press has become as much of a job as getting in front of the camera. You have to avoid burnout, avoid saying anything stupid, but still come across as yourself.

I only do the press for the work. I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote or endorse things or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world.

As an actor, you can't just be in the film. You're also in charge of selling it, and so you have to sell yourself, and you have to be very political and make sure to not say the wrong things. It's exhausting.

I'm a New York person. I've never gone out of the way to speak to the press to change my persona - I probably should have. It's too late now. But when I first started I was like, "I'm gonna stay this way. I'm gonna be this way," and I continued to. I probably should have sugarcoated it like, "This is not really the way I am - I'm an actor."

People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.

The thing about Hitchcock which is quite extraordinary for a director of that time, he had a very strong sense of his own image and publicizing himself. Just a very strong sense of himself as the character of Hitchcock.

The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.

Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My concern is to make sure I represent the views I want to represent on those shows.

I get along fine with the press.

People think I don't like interviews but I don't mind speaking about proper and interesting stuff. When it's stupid stuff to build your image and you are told to mention this and mention that, I hate it.

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.