Dia Mirza Quotes

Dia Mirza

Profession : Model

Birth : December 9, 1981

Being married to a wonderful, motivating partner has brought happiness and a greater sense of purpose to my life.

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Be it acting, writing, directing or producing, I love cinema. I love the art of telling stories and I'm happy doing one of the above or all of the above.

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The only challenge I faced in the beginning was that no one believed I could seriously see a film through.

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I have always believed that an artiste needs to respond to a story first. One has to feel it in order to live it.

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It's important to be a witness to reality as this world can consume you.

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'Kaafir' has come along because I have never been more aligned with my truth.

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When I was just four-and-a-half, my parents separated and both my parents remarried.

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Participating in Miss India was a paradigm shift and I had a blast.

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I started cooking when I was growing up in Hyderabad, and I was already pretty decent when I was around seven years old.

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I can make a mean Kachchi Biryani, and sometimes I bake it, too.

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Give me rice, dal and some aachar any day, or a Spaghetti Bolognese.

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Fortunately, I have never been a victim of sexual harassment. But there have been instances where I have lost out on work or people have shown disinterest in working with me because I was unwilling to succumb to this unspoken understanding of patriarchy.

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When I was younger, back home in Hyderabad even I faced a stalker. I confronted him and asked him his name. That moment, the boy didn't have an answer.

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One should never ignore or be afraid of reporting or calling out a harasser. There is no shame in doing so.

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Every role I have in my kitty is different. None of them resemble the roles I have played in my earlier films.

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Beauty is not about good skin, features and figure, but about your nature and habits.

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Beauty judgements are many and while we think that light skin women have no judgements to deal with. There is this filmmaker I love and respect and I really wanted to work with, once told me 'You are too fair to be in my movies.' And then I have also heard 'You are too pretty to play this part.'

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I was told 'You should just do commercials and Bollywood' and Bollywood would be said to me like it's a bad thing.

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It's really the tone that people use to convey things sometimes that can either become a compliment or an insult. It's not always what you are saying, it's about how you say it.

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There are many women who are getting the opportunity to play fantastic parts on the web like Huma Qureshi in 'Leila,' Shefali Shah in 'Delhi Crime' and so many others. It gives opportunity to those who are not getting the work that they desire to do because of their age. So web is doing a social service.

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