Taapsee Pannu Quotes

My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.

You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.

Football is just one part of me. It's not the be-all, end all.

Always persevere, always have a great perspective, and always have great purpose in your life

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.

The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't have kids, it's how you look at your life, what you make of it. It's about making the best of your life wherever you are in life.

I know I'm not going to book everything I go in on, and that's just the nature of the business. You have to keep hustling and not get down on it. You have to keep at it and find your way in. Everybody's story is different.

I guess this year I'm going to find out if I'm good enough or not. If I'm not, I don't care. I'll do something else, it's not a biggie.

They can put me in a jungle. Still, I can create.

Never say that your life is to be a singer. You want to sing because it's a part of your life. But if you don't succeed as a singer, it doesn't mean you don't have a life and it's over.

Since I was younger I've been making the best out of nothing.

Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

I've never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures.

I'd faced a lot of rejection from labels and the industry, and it was getting hard to keep believing in myself. But something wouldn't let me - inside - I had this voice that was relentlessly hopeful, and honestly, I just loved performing and writing too much to ever really quit.

When you do multiple things you love, it doesn't feel like work.

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.

I always think about what's the difference between being tenacious and having an inability to learn from failures. The difference between the homeless guy who wanted to be a great painter and the guy who is a great painter could be anything.

Sports don't define us; it is not what we live for.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

I'm a big believer that success is never final and failure is never fatal.

Life is bigger than cinema. Cinema is just a part of life, so I never take success or failure seriously.