Pankaj Kapur Quotes

I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

My dad would love to say he taught me how to walk. He taught me how to be like, 'This is your space.'

I had to work on my own to establish myself.

I moved from Stockholm to London, and I didn't want to work with my parents or have them help me in any way, I think just to prove to myself that I have my own talent.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts.

My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric Theatre, then give me my bus fare and say she would see me later at home. She wasn't hanging around in the wings geeing me on. I had to do it on my own; it was up to me.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything done for them.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?

My father felt that children should make their own way.

My mother's incredibly independent and she brought us up to be the same. She had five daughters and two sons and only allowed one mirror in the house because she didn't want us to be obsessed with our looks or weight.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

Since the age of 12, I was on my own. Everything I do, I get my parents' support.

You have to empower yourself.

I think anything you do on your own, so to speak, I think, is worth more than something that is maybe looked upon as gifted to you or handed to you.

I've never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life.

I wanted to prove to myself I can do something on my own. Not for the world, but for myself. To have that self-confidence.

I feel I'm my own quarterback and have accomplished my own things.