Lara Dutta Quotes

I choose my roles carefully.

All the moves I've made have come after I sat down with my family and my agent and thought what was the best move. I've never rushed into something, never gone anywhere where I wasn't sure 100%.

I've always been a little bit cautious about what projects I step into. I don't mean to be dramatic, but I feel that every single thing you do in life, you give a piece of your soul, and I want to be responsible with that.

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.

I've always tried to have a pretty discerning eye with the roles that I've picked, which is maybe why it seems like I take breaks, but really, they're not breaks. It's just that there's not as much out there as one would hope. I'm lucky enough to be able to be choosy sometimes.

I can't just say yes to a movie. I have to be really passionate about it.

I choose movies with caution.

I am very choosy about my films. I don't do a film just for the sake of money.

If I will do a movie in the future, I will take it up only when I'm 100 percent sure about it.

I would definitely love to do Hindi films but I'll choose films carefully.

I am choosy for the kind of show I will take up.

Do you purchase the first tree you see? Of course not. You search for the right one. You walk the rows. You lift several up and set them down. You examine them from all angles until you decide, This one is perfect. You have a place in mind where the tree will sit. Not just any tree will do. God does the same.

When I do have choice I try to be very picky about... or shall I say choosey about when I choose. I don't automatically decide that I must be the one to choose or that it's important for me to make every choice in my life.

One of the things Goldman teaches you is, don't be the first guy through the door because you're going to get all the arrows.

I've been very selective in what I did and didn't do.

We necessarily operate in an environment in which there's a great deal of uncertainty. In such an environment, it makes sense to use a risk-management approach to identify and avoid the big mistakes. That's one reason I favor a cautious approach.

I think a lot of actors, maybe who have been on a hit show and been lucky enough to get successful, might say 'no' more than I do. And maybe that's good, maybe that's smart. I don't know.

I am very cautious, and there are not too many decisions I've not discussed with my parents, whether that be about my career or away from the field.

My primary focus will be Malayalam films. I will choose from what comes my way and take a call irrespective of the language.

I am someone who takes a lot of time before making a decision and then has to be fully behind it.

I am very selective when it comes to scripts.

Whenever somebody comes to me with a script, I ask a question to myself - 'Why do I want to do the film?'

Throughout his remarkable business and government career, Robert Rubin, now 65, has both worked exhaustively at reaching well-founded conclusions and rejected the idea that anything - and he means anything - can be a 'provable certainty.'

If you try and cover all your bases, like the ECB tend to do, you end up with muddled decisions.