Shriya Saran Quotes

Shriya Saran

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 11, 1982

My base will always be Mumbai since my parents live here and I will always come down to Mumbai or fly down south for work.

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It's great to imagine and visualise while reading a novel. It doesn't always work for a film. 'Pavithra' had a good script executed badly.

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Some of the biggest hits have had simple stories narrated beautifully.

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It's a constant struggle to reinvent yourself and stay relevant.

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For the longest time I was trying to please others. I can blame the whole world for each film that went wrong but if I'm not happy about a project I cannot give my best.

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I'm from a typical middle-class family and I grew up in a place without a theatre.

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Those girl-next-door roles were my bread and butter and I was appreciated for my work.

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It's not often you get to work in films where you don't know who's good and who's bad.

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I'm not too comfortable going into the details, but yes, my love story with Andrei is beautiful and magical. We first met while I had gone diving in the Maldives. He didn't even know who I was when we first met. It was only later that he found out I'm an actress.

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I did a soft drink ad some time back. Later, a mother came to me and said that her child started consuming more of that drink after seeing my ad. It made me measure my actions.

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To be honest, I think it's a fair argument to ask actors not to endorse fairness products. We don't need to be fair in this country, and there's a whole lot of madness about being fair. Many advertisements are projected in a manner that if you aren't fair, you don't get married - and when you get fairer with the creams, you do!

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You don't ask if an aircraft is being flown by a man or a woman - if it flies, it means it's doing the job it is meant to. The same is with cinema, and all that matters is whether the film works or not.

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I try my best to take out time for exercise and also meditation, it really brings me peace of mind.

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For me, dancing is a real form of mediation. It gives me immense happiness and helps me stay fit.

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I enjoy every role that I do. But I would love to do a dance-based film. It can even be the biopic of a great Indian classical dancer. I want to push boundaries.

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No amount of money and time spent travelling is wasted.

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I am not cut out for politics. I don't think it's in me.

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Whether it is sensitising people to social issues, campaigning for causes or being part of fund-raisers, celebrities can go a long way in reaching out to people.

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My family has always encouraged me to think of the needy.

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