Swara Bhaskar Quotes

Swara Bhaskar

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 9, 1988

In India, we are parented in a way that we get very good values. But the whole culture forgets to tell us to also value ourselves. It's really OK sometimes to take into consideration your own happiness.

Swara Bhaskar

Remember that you have to be happy to make other people happy. Don't get weighed down by duty, guilt, and responsibility all the time.

Swara Bhaskar

I never saw myself as a character actor or a lead actor; I've only seen myself as just an actor.

Swara Bhaskar

Bollywood, as an industry, is based on relationships. It has always been star-driven, and it has an element of feudalism.

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I've been propositioned by men who were in a position to cast me. I lost a few roles because I didn't give in.

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Being unapologetic about my body, my sexuality, my life's decisions is a political belief that, as a feminist, I strongly espouse.

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All my life I have faced this awkwardness, as I almost sound like a guy. In fact, whenever I would call my friends, their dads would say, 'Hold on son.'

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Honestly, and seriously, I know I have to do a Telugu film. It was my grandmother's dream to see me in a Telugu film before she died. I couldn't fulfil her dream before she passed away, but I don't want to let go of it, either.

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I am a greedy, selfish actor, and for me, my role is important.

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Bottom line is, off-beat film or commercial films, Tollywood or Bollywood, it's the role that matters to me.

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I have become a little more cynical and, I would like to believe, a little wiser. When I first came to Mumbai, I was very idealistic. Now I can look anyone in the face and tell a lie. But I'm in a good place.

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I love acting, though I don't like the frills around it - red-carpet appearances, dressing up to look a certain way.

Swara Bhaskar

I was once caught climbing out of the classroom window while bunking a class. I lied that I had to go to the bathroom and the exit was crowded. The principal believed me.

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I am an extremely laidback person when it comes to 'looking hot.'

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Lately, I have realised that as an actor, I am representing certain aspirations to the world, and it's important that I respect the love people have for me.

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There have been instances when people have told me that I look too intelligent to be an actress.

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As a student, I was a total jhalli who used to wear torn denims, faded kurtis, kohled eyes and thought that I was the coolest girl ever! We were a bunch of students who used to do social-issue-based street plays and believed that we could bring about a change in the world.

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