Anushka Sharma Quotes

The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.

I went to school for economics, and especially in Asian culture it's not really a viable job for my family to be an artist.

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business.

As far as making a living, acting has been much more lucrative. Music's been tough.

If I was tall and blonde, I might have been a dancer or singer.

My mother was a sociologist and an intellectual, and my father was an industrialist with a business in copper and aluminum wire. He was very strict and he wanted me to work in the family business - for him, the worst thing was having a daughter who worked in fashion.

But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of being an actor.

My parents always knew that I loved music. They just didn't think I'd try to make it a career. They thought I'd be a painter or an art teacher or something like that.

In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe.

Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.

I would say the biggest difference is that a movie is a shorter, more encapsulated experience, and a TV job is like having a regular day job where you get to do what you love.

My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable.

My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.

The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film.

I always felt like I was kind of an outsider because I didn't have the right things. I didn't have a Cadillac. I didn't have, you know, plastic on my furniture. That was the right way to be if you were Italian.

We're not doing brain surgery. We're not saving lives... Even if you're doing Shakespeare, it's still entertainment. We're just entertaining people. We're just doing the stuff that comes on in between the ads.

I clearly remember my father cutting our jumpers and our sports clothes with scissors - because he didn't want us to wear jogging bottoms and hoodies. He thought that would somehow set the police on us.

To be in the wonderful world of entertainment, you have to be optimistic.

There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in.

My dream job is definitely to be an actor/director/writer, all three.

I want to delve into the world of performing.

I think I wanted to be a doctor. In Iran, the engineering and medical professions are worshipped. My father very much wanted me to be a doctor. I was certainly eager to please as a young man - as a kid, I should say.

It's funny 'cos I think a lot about kids who grow up with their parents being really important members of their fields, and they just go the opposite way.

You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character.

The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors