Radhika Pandit Quotes

The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.

I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.

You can never tell when an artist really will take up someone's work and work with it happily.

I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.

Acting never was about the money for me... Maybe in 10 years, I'll be able to appreciate the fact that I am financially stable and independent and I don't have to make bad choices. I can be very picky.

I only take up roles that really appeal to me, and like to break the rules as an actress.

I just do what I want to do, and if it's a rather interesting script - which I found.

I'm sure at one point I will do some acting again, but it would have to be the right thing. I'm not going to do it just because people are offering it to me. Not for those box-office, bullshit, money, noncreative people. But I'll do it when it's right to do it.

I'm deeply appreciative that many people have enjoyed my films, films that I made in my own style. The successes have helped me learn how to make films free of expectations and focus solely on the pure filmmaking aspect, without worrying about how much money it'll make.

After I got back my career and my artistic freedom in 1982, my golden rule is the music must never suffer.

It's not fun for an actor to be pigeonholed in any way.

An artiste can only be happy when he is true to his art.

I don't like to limit myself as an actress.

I'm not afraid of a big studio film; I trust my instincts. But for me, it's not really about box office. It's about looking back on your work and not having to apologize for it.

I'm glad I'm getting to do interesting films.

All my films were based on sensitive issues, and they were passed without any problems. I give full credit to the Censor Board for being capable enough to do their work well.

The process of writing and creating and answering that very unique call inside yourself has nothing to do with agents and sales and all that stuff.

I'm just happy I got to express who I am as an artist and touch people's hearts.

If I as a filmmaker take a very radical subject, which might not get an audience in the first week, multiplexes wouldn't agree to let it play on their screens.

I don't want to plan my career. That would be a business plan. Filmmaking is not a business plan.

I could have never had any kind of creative freedom on TV, so then I did movies! Now, I am able to do all kinds of entertainment... and that, I feel, is the biggest blessing!

I am just creating the music I enjoy to make, and people seem to enjoy it.

As an artist, you have to do what you feel passionate about. It has to be something you can connect with.

Being an actor, I feel I need to take up challenges and do different roles without thinking about whether the audience will accept me in those roles or not.

I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that I think is important and that says something.