Farah Khan Quotes

Farah Khan

Profession : Director

Birth : January 9, 1965

My experience in Bollywood has been this: You work hard, you deliver, and nobody finds fault with you.

Farah Khan

You are punished only when you are not performing as per expectation, and not because you belong to a particular religion, caste, or creed. Here, you fail because your vision is not right or you have not worked hard. That's why I believe we have true democracy in the film industry. How I wish the rest of the country was like the industry!

Farah Khan

Manmohan Desai's films pack a lot of joy and have a child-like quality and you can see the director is having fun, but my movies don't suspend disbelief that much. But it's good to be compared to Manmohan Desai. He was run down by critics in his time.

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I don't neglect my kids. They are my priority. They come on shoots.

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I had babies at the age of 43 because sometimes you get so caught up, you are making your life, building your career and may be you don't want to get married.

Farah Khan

I am not an actress.

Farah Khan

Later in life there should not be any regrets. Sometimes you have children too early and regret it, 'If I wouldn't have, my career would have been different' and sometimes when you don't have, you miss that opportunity.

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The problem with people is that no matter how good you are at what you do, it's never enough for them. There will always be someone to point out some flaw. Someone will always find something lacking in you.

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Even as one of the best choreographers in the country, I was criticised for a lot of things I have done in life.

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Everyone has flaws. We are only human after all. But what's important is, we don't let our flaws stand in the way of what we can achieve.

Farah Khan

Whenever I visit abroad, people recognise me - it feels great.

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People don't wish to watch masala films of the '50s any more. Audiences do not want loud films at all. They are watching Netflix and Amazon that have fresh ideas.

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Web series are the future.

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I am a hands-on mother, so I take long gaps between films.

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I would love to make a sarcastic film; I am so sarcastic that even my kids are now getting used to my sarcasm. You see it a lot in British comedy because that's their sense of humour.

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I never imagined myself making these big movies and being married and having kids.

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I see people every day who think they're the be all and end all of the industry. I've seen so many people come and go, but the industry doesn't revolve around one person.

Farah Khan

I think it is important to enjoy your work.

Farah Khan

You get paid what you deserve, according to the money that your movie generates. I get much more than a lot of male directors and I also get less than some. But I get paid what I deserve and what I ask for.

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I would never want to do a content-driven film with a box office life of Rs 20 crore.

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