Vijay Antony Quotes

Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women.

My Hindi is OK. I think I am better with Tamil. I remember the Tamil words.

I have acted in all four film industries in the South. I speak all four languages because of my upbringing in various cities.

Doing science at the highest level is hard for anyone. It's hard for women, and it's hard for the men. And we need to have supportive mentors and role models we can look up to.

I can manage in six languages - Marathi and Gujarati, in addition to Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Bangla.

If I'm in the position where I get to hire someone, where I get to decide who joins me on tour, then I am mindful about that, and I try to suggest women that I know who I think deserve more exposure.

It is a conscious decision that I do films in different languages.

Equal pay for equal work isn't, 'Here, I'll give this to you.' It's confidence, it's participation.

Whatever the reason, we are not doing a good enough job getting to women early enough in their careers, supporting them, and enabling them to pursue careers in directing.

Language has never been a barrier for me. I grew up learning Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil.

The best thing that you can do to break down any of the barriers that women face in sports is to be over prepared - know your value, but also know the subject matter that you're covering.

It's fun working with smart, young women.

I am an actor and I don't have any language barrier. If I get a Tamil film, I will learn the language. It's not a problem.

I can get by quite well in Italian or German, though if the discussion got to a high level, I'd run out of vocabulary. I'm stronger in French and Swedish.

It annoys me when I phone a hotel receptionist in my own country, and they don't understand what I am saying because they don't speak English. I think that's wrong. It's nothing to do with being politically correct or incorrect; it's just not right.

I will continue to work with newbies as long as the script and the director are good.

I enjoy singing in different languages, be it Telugu or Bengali. I would like to sing in Malayalam too.

I don't speak but understand Gujarati.

I have the luxury of balancing and juggling films in different languages.

I went to the Convent of the Sacred Heart for four years. It was interesting to me because, in a family where men were clearly favored over women, this was an atmosphere, a world, run by strong, determined, smart women in leadership, who had high expectations of the girls, and this tremendous sense of love and commitment to the wider world.

I have done films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada. I don't find any difference.

Post-'Pellichoopulu,' I received a lot of offers from Tamil industry. I decided I won't do a Tamil film unless I know the language. If I want to do it, I wanted to do it perfectly.

I'm happy to work in Malayalam.

I am comfortable with all four South Indian languages.

Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time.