Richa Pallod Quotes

I think, now that I am a mother, I look at other mums like Jo Pavey and just mums that go back to work and work incredibly hard, and I have so much admiration and appreciation for how hard it is.

I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible.

I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.

I'm lucky that I do something I love, and I am proud, as I think it's a positive message to give to young women: if you want to have a career and be married with children, then you can. It's full-on, but it's doable.

I am not the first woman to multi-task. I am not the first woman to work and have a baby - there are many women who have done this before.

It is draining when you have a child, and there aren't many women directors with kids out there as role models.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me. So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far.

I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.

Though I technically come from a film family, my father had stopped making films even before my brother and I were born. So I did not really grow up in a filmi environment. And when I was growing up, becoming an actress was still quite a taboo. And you may not believe this, but even my father did not want me to join films.

But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.

I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.

When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was my goal.

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.

I wanted to be an actor, and when that day happened that was sort of like the end. Now let it take me.

I'm definitely looking forward to doing a film one day with more female actors.

Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.

I'd like to follow in the footsteps along like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, who got their education.

Don't settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.

For me, it's not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.

I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.

I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.

I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.

For me, having a baby was never going to be timed randomly. I wanted to have mine while I was on 'Scandal.' Kerry Washington is one of my best friends, and I've gotten to watch her go through motherhood. I also have the greatest female boss in Shonda Rhimes, who is a mother of three and a huge advocate for women.

Cate Blanchett. Judi Dench. Helen Mirren. Everything about them. Even their fashion choices. They're so with it and cool and women I admire. They take chances. They're chameleons. Everything that they do. They're also amazing mothers.

Women don't necessarily understand that it is possible to have the same level of ambition as men - they allow themselves to be held back by the obstacles rather than empowered by the possibilities.