Deepika Padukone Quotes

A lot of people in India are not that into non-Indian films or Western films.

Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.

Let's be frank. In the South, people are not as enthusiastic about Hindi movies as their own.

Audiences want to watch good films, even if it is dubbed in another language.

Having portrayed English-speaking Indian characters in British and American projects, I have always wanted to use my mother tongue in an Indian film.

The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.

People don't want to read subtitles.

I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.

Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.

Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.

Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me.

I was born in Paris, and my mother was a French teacher, but then I rebelled against my upbringing and studied Spanish in school. So now I just speak bad French and bad Spanish.

I went to an English school and was brought up in English. So I don't feel Czech.

Most people, throughout history, haven't learned one language to the exclusion of another. You learn to speak differently to a peasant and to a shoemaker. You speak differently to your mother, who comes from Burgundy, and to your father, who comes from Swabia.

I have not planned my Bollywood career the way I have planned my career in Bengali films.

I would definitely love to do Hindi films but I'll choose films carefully.

I hadn't made up my mind whether I had to do Hollywood or Bollywood films because I loved both, and I grew up on both. So I am glad that Bollywood chose me.

There is no reason to compare Bollywood and Marathi films. Both have their own charm.

When I go to Korea and they say, 'Sing like a Korean person,' I can't do it. I didn't grow up with that sound.

I've learnt that there's absolutely no difference in Telugu and Hindi industries. Everything is almost identical. The only difference is that Hindi films have a wider release.

I've acted in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu films.

Some of my scripts need the larger catchment area of Bollywood. But some suit Telugu films.

I am comfortable in my space in Punjabi cinema.