Parineeti Chopra Quotes

Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.

De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself.

I see taking care of my emotional and mental health in the same way that I see taking care of a garment: After it's been through wear and tear, it needs attention.

I'm just trying to get back to normal life.

There are times when I think, 'Do I have the energy to be upset?' and the answer is 'no.'

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

I believe that if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there.

Acting is emotionally draining, so I make it a point to not do anything when I am home.

I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.

Doing 'Hedwig' was so hard that I kind of burned out on acting.

There was one day where I had to be hysterical all day, then of course it's going to affect you. You're going to go home and feel drained, or feel like you need to let off steam.

It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.

I really don't know what to do when my life is not chaotic.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

There's plenty to read about keeping your sanity while raising children, but it's all common-sense stuff about task division and taking breaks and the relentlessly repeated magic of date night with your spouse. What's missing is some 'tude.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it.

If the relentless personal maintenance plan has taken over your life, give it a rest.

When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones.

I don't put myself under pressure.

Talking to my mental coach definitely helps. I talk to her every week. Yeah, I mean, she's been helping me a lot, too.