Kangana Ranaut Quotes

I schooled in Himachal Pradesh. I had taken up science and, initially, wanted to become a doctor. There are few career options for students of science though, so I shifted to Delhi and decided to try theater instead.

Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.

There have been interviews with people saying they are jealous of Kangana. There are so many people who are jealous of my success.

It's funny that they've called homosexuality a crime ... At this rate, everyone will be a criminal.

While choosing a fashion show, I take into consideration the designer and the collection. Then only I said yes to do a show.

I really don't want to be known as a fashionista. I'd like to be someone more than that.

When I did these psychological characters like the drug addicts, the ones who were rejected and dejected, I started to feel a sort of melancholia which was very unnatural for me to have at a teenage. Then I avoided those characters.

I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of.

I feel that we, as Indians, have a knack for loving a stereotypical, sobbing, sympathy-seeking personality. I feel that we need to promote quirky, cool and youthful talent. We have to stop propagating the sob-story angle of celebs, where they try to be larger-than-life. That is very outdated. It is so boring that it puts you to sleep.

I think the kind of films and roles I do takes a whole year ... I think it is justified. At some point, we have to come to that place where we are equally paid. It is a small step ... we are headed to that direction.

When you are romancing a woman in a relationship, it should be poetic. It should have layers.

You spend so much to buy these media net stories or full page ads to build perception ... you can rather save this money and put it in the making or marketing of the film.

I want to make films that cater to the world audiences.

There is a huge gap between the remuneration of an actor and actress.

I am not ashamed of anything - not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.

No one can guarantee success of a film.

When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.

Our society loves raw character; we love raw women. We don't love our mother because she is hot and sexy: we love our mother because she is our mother. We love our granny because she is our granny. We value her. We don't remember anyone's face from our childhood; we love our granny's face.

People talk about PlayStations, video games, social network and Twitter; I can't handle it.

This man who was my father's age hit me hard on my head when I was 17. I started bleeding. I took out my sandal and hit his head hard, and he started to bleed, too.

I am a very proud Hindu. The foundation of my personality is laid on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda or Sanatan Dharm or the Geeta. And if my religious practices or anybody's religious practices is given any kind of sadistic name, it instills fear about other person's religious practices.

It's very hard to live in an environment where you're reminded, constantly told that your existence just happens to be here ... That you are not meant to be here.

Even after 'Gangster' being a success, I was considered a B-grade actress and was a sidekick, even though I was good at what I did, and was jobless for two years.

In my film 'Queen', there was a funny moment with the bra. My director called and said they are blurring the bra. They said it is vulgar. Our director was furious about it. We are artistes ... We see props as they are. A woman's bra is not a danger to the society.

I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'

I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'

I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.

Success is the best revenge. I always feel women should answer back either with their sarcasm or success.

My views are very fluctuating. I have very contradictory takes on the subject. Dating is easier, while marriage is hard work. You see your friends having early divorces, and on the other hand, you see your parents having a successful marriage.

Male actors get into production, share profit, and they don't take money at times but are involved in some capacity which is economical and resourceful. These things suit them; as they have made a place for themselves, they have command over the box office.

In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.

I don't know why everyone feels the pressure to look young. Personally, I hate it. I don't want to inject Botox and look young forever. It's living in denial and anything that has an undercurrent of this philosophy is bad for your growth.

Item numbers are not my cup of tea.

I followed my instincts; I followed my intuition, and it paid off.

I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.

My man has to be more intelligent than I am, which is difficult to find. He should definitely be more successful than me, which is not so difficult to find. I'd be a fool to expect a better looking man than me, which is impossible to find.

Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.

I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.

It's not like what I do or what I wear is my copyright. What I'm wearing now also is an inspiration. It is how I saw it on the mannequin, and I just wore it, so it's in a way copied. But obviously, I wouldn't want to spend my life thinking about dresses. It is such a waste of life.

They will always assume that this guy - an upcoming actor, what if he becomes a star tomorrow? He would not work with me then ... so I might as well choose to be nice. But women are not treated with the same attitude. Women they treat really badly.

In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.

I started from B-grade films, and today I'm the number one actress of this country ... whereas other actresses, whom you might call my contemporaries, they have had no growth in whatever platform they were launched ... they are still there and have not risen to another platform.

I don't feel like a 27-year-old; I feel I am way mature than someone that age.

I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.

I think I am still underpaid. I want to make as much money as my male counterparts.

I am not quite comfortable with people identifying themselves as my fans. You know nothing about me. You have just seen me perform in a film. How can you be my fan? If I have to tell you honestly, I want an audience and not fans.

Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.

When I left my home to become an actress, my father didn't give me a single penny. I struggled a lot, and they had no idea what I went through. My grandfather even asked me to drop my surname when he learnt I was joining films.

The thing about Bollywood is that you can't just quit it even if you have little fame. You have to stick around and keep trying.

Physically, it is very demanding as an actor, and I don't want to put a lot of focus on that, but I think it is emotionally and mentally a lot more ... It can completely twist you ... We abandon ourselves for days and months, and by the end of it, we are twisted people which you make fun of.

All beautiful things in this world are because of women.

Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's not so much about the money, but it's about (being a) woman.

If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with big stars, but I would rather do the films where I get the title roles.

The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.

Tone matters more than words.

Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.

For my life, I need to make my own choices.

From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.

To expect this larger-than-life, holier-than-thou sort of existence from us is not possible. We as much want to make our own mistake as a man does.

I don't know if it is of any joy to humiliate people. No matter what, whether you're high in life or low in life, humiliation and such kinds of things should just be ignored. I don't derive any pleasure from running people down.

If a woman is super-successful, she is called a psychopath.

When I moved to Bombay, it was very harsh. I was nothing like what I am today. I couldn't speak a word of English. In England, people might be very understanding about that, but in Bombay, they're not very forgiving. 'If you don't speak English, how do you expect to work in Hindi films?'

Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.

Somewhere down the line, I realised that dairy products were giving me acidity, so now I am a vegan.

My biggest asset is that I know how to learn, and that, I believe, will help me in the long run.

Money can't buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.

I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.

Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.

Sucking up to a director means you are unsure of your talents. I'm not.

What people see is just your career graph and the films you do. But that's a very small aspect of my life.

My sister and I had jointly heard the narration of 'Revolver Rani' in Tigmanshu Dhulia's office. After hearing the narration, my sister was very scared and adamant that I should not do this film, as my character was twisted, neurotic, violent and abusive.