Shweta Menon Quotes

It is going to sound cliched, but my husband has been incredibly helpful.

I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf.

My husband is old-fashioned and kind, he does the greatest Sinatra impression, and I'd never have written anything if he hadn't read all those bedtime stories and unloaded the dishwasher while I slaved over chapters.

My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low moments where I think I should just quit and become a waitress.

My husband is always supportive and excited about my projects, and I feel very fortunate to have him cheer me on and encourage me.

My husband has been an absolute angel for me. Always there when I need him as best he can.

I very seldom said no, and I was aided and abetted by my husband, who realized that the one thing I could do was to be a very good actress, by his note.

As a wife, I am married to maybe the greatest guy on Earth because he has just been amazingly supportive.

Despite what people say about my major film roles, I'm not a dull or monotonous woman searching for self-identity.

I've played heavy characters in my first two films.

For an actor, who has done so many commercial movies, who has a large chunk of his fan following addressing him as 'guru,' it's not easy to opt for roles that strip one of the stardom.

I feel if the Punjabi cinema is experimenting, I should also at least try and do roles which create a new identity with every film.

I set really high expectations.

I used to get 2000 as pocket money, and I was being offered a car and an opportunity to make lakhs, so I said a yes. I was a kid and got homesick over my 40-day schedule in Bangalore and decided that I would only do films in the South if they were 10-day roles.

In the kind of films offered to me, I don't even get the role of a city-based college girl. How do I let people know I can do sophisticated, contemporary roles, too?

I want to do everything and be greedy in that way - film, TV, radio, theatre. If it's juicy work, I want it!

To be honest, many of my well-wishers want me to play the solo lead in films. Maybe, it's time to think about it. In fact, I have cut down on signing up multi-starrer films.

Personally, I want to do action films. I even tried it with 'Loafer,' but things did not work out. So, I am taking things as they come and am trying to do different films which will suit my image.

Once I wanted to get into films, I took my time about it because when I first got to Bombay, I gave my photos and CDs to all the production houses. But the roles that came my way were the 'typical white girl dancing in the background' kind of roles, which I was not too interested in, or it was advertisements.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

I'm here to be an actor who wants to be remembered for her roles and her films rather than her looks.

I think our agenda is very aspirational.

I'm not going to play someone too far from who I am. Although I did a movie where I played a killer, and that has yet to come out. But that's someone I love being able to shock people with. I could do something you would not expect me to do. My limitations are - I'm not Meryl Streep. I'm not playing anything in a foreign language, or anything too far from who I am.

I just want to do something big if I do anything at all.

My plans have always exceeded my capacities and energies