Swara Bhaskar Quotes

I know a Bollywood actress' tenure is limited.

Both the industries, be it Bollywood or music, have been really kind to me.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

I quit doing the movies because the wrestling was going so good and was so on fire during the '80s and '90s, but I was getting all these movie scripts.

There were so many people who wanted me for their films.

If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.

I would love to follow a career graph like Akshay Kumar's.

All junior artistes feel they will become like Amitabh Bachchan or Shah Rukh Khan. That is everyone's dream in the industry.

Every good looking and handsome boy goes to Mumbai first to struggle; he doesn't focus on Punjabi cinema.

As much as I'm happy, I know it's not going to be easy in Bollywood.

The stars that I've worked with started their careers almost at the same time as me. Whether it is Shah Rukh Khan or Aamir Khan or Salman Khan.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far.

I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.

To this day, I don't know what shapes a Hollywood career.

People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.

People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

I don't want to say, 'I want to be in Hollywood,' like so many actors do, but I know that Hollywood is still making good movies, and I'd like to be part of that someday.

Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

Hollywood, it has treated me so nicely, I am ready to faint! As soon as I see Hollywood, I love it.

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.