Ileana D'Cruz Quotes

I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.

Good things, you can't rush into them.

I don't believe in doing things just to do them.

I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.

It's not my ambition to direct lots of films. I think if I direct one film in my whole life, why rush it?

It's the most important thing, that you're happy with your music and your style. You can't create success and you can't create a successful band.

I can't grab anything that comes my way just because it's from a big banner.

I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done.

I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do.

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 pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Life's too short for chess.

Because of people like that guy in San Francisco who told me it changed his life, 'Teen Witch' is my most favorite thing I've ever done. I see how happy it makes people, and that makes me happy. The great thing is that no one realized it was going to become all these things when we were making it. We thought we were making a very serious movie.

I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest. You know, I'm figuring it out. I did just move to New York, so I have to pay my rent.

I'm not one of those actors who needs the media spotlight all the time to feel gratified. I'm happy to do one project a year and take the rest of the year off as long as that project is special.

I am kind of being a little selective in what I do, so it takes a little bit longer, but it's worth it in the end.

I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films.

I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.

Words must be weighed, not counted.

I think it remains a film-by-film process, and since I am relatively selective and slow, it can take a while.

I don't like to rush things.

I just don't want to do films for the sake of it.

I am someone who likes to take my time. I do one album in three years, unlike others.

I could have signed 10 films after 'Jai Ho,' but those films would have done nothing for me. I wanted to wait for the right project.