Mallika Sherawat Quotes

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Mallika Sherawat

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 24, 1976

I haven't come to Bollywood to compromise, I have come here to make a career.

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I have a flexible body.

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When I got 'Myth,' I decided to do all the action for the film but that was the worst decision of my life.

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I made some mistakes, like all of us do.

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I tried to do my best. I tried to find good roles.

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What I do as a character on screen is different from who I am in real life.

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I grew up in a well-to-do, educated family, but I was treated like the lesser kid.

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Equal opportunity is so important.

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We, as people, have to make that effort to ensure that no girl is ever seen as a liability in any family.

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As a society, we need to ask ourselves that if we don't use our celebrity status to speak up for those not empowered enough, who will? If I do that, I get branded as someone who talks too much, is a motor-mouth and is trying to bring a bad name to the country.

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I am often silenced by women.

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Education goes a long way in changing things. Yes, it takes time, but it gradually shows.

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It's normalised for people to think that if she is a woman, she will serve and obey. It's often an illusion that we're progressive - you just have to study the mindset and attitude of people in general to realise that.

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Men love me in India and I love them back.

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After having worked in Bollywood for 5-7 years, I thought the time was right to explore other horizons and different cultures.

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I have made enough name for myself in India. I've got money. I've got fame. Let's try to go to a new country. And boy was it a good decision! Because America showed me so much love.

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I made a conscious decision to divide my time between Los Angeles, America and India. So, now when I experience that social freedom in America and when I go back to India which is so regressive for women... It's really depressing to see that as an independent woman.

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I faced a lot of opposition from my family and I battled patriarchy.

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My father was like - she will go into films and ruin the family name. He disowned me. So, I disowned his name. I adapted my mother's name. Sherawat is my mother's name.

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For actresses, OTT has come as a boon. Look at Shefali Shah. She is headling a show. In main stream, that is not possible.

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