Top 60 Supriya Pathak Quotes

I am a product of theatre and whatever I learned there helped me emote in front of the camera.

I’ve mostly worked in Hindi and occasionally Gujarati, which is my mother tongue.

I am itching to play every character.

There is so much of stress in our day to day life and Hansa is stress buster. So yes! I miss playing Hansa and she will always be close to my heart.

Initially, I was worried about playing Hansa, because Hansa is someone who talks a lot but does nothing. But after I started playing the character, it was such a relief.

I must agree with the role. As actors, we influence people.

Being an actors’ family, we generally didn’t think about any other profession.

When I started, my mother was already an actress and I wasn’t keen on being one.

Everyone is making the same kind of shows, about underworld and things like that. So I am hoping somebody breaks this trend, else we will again enter the same grind.

You achieve only as much you are destined to.

It is great that the industry is open to accepting character roles and moving away from the cliched Bollywood Hindi masala films.

Things have definitely changed from my times, when there were just no strong roles written for women, I will not deny that.

I feel amused when women in Indian films are unfailingly shown screaming at their kith and kin who are involved in nefarious activities. Please, let’s get real! How can a woman react so dramatically to something that has been happening under her nose ever since her marriage?

Any creative professional lives on high emotions and while others might handle stress of life in a calmer manner, we are sensitive and vulnerable to issues.

My mother had always been a working woman and so she would drop me to my mama‘s house everyday for the whole day since it was close by.

I would love to do something that is negative.

I said yes to a Gujarati film because I loved the script.

Our films are now portraying the real woman of today, and thankfully, female characters are pretty close to reality. This is a welcome change, and I think it is a reflection of our society.

I don’t like doing too many things at a time.

And I love making people laugh.

I heard a lot of very good things about Sanjay Leela Bhansali from my mother when she worked with him in Devdas. I also love the films that he makes so I was very excited when I was offered ‘Ram-Leela.’

The most charming thing about theatre is that you get an instant reaction from the audience.

Give me anything that is chewable, and I will chew on it.

I didn’t mind the extra weight as a change in myself but I feel I need to reduce it because of my age and before all the aches and pains kick in!

Once I decide to play a character, I believe in giving my best.

I would love to play Hansaa again if somebody offers me that role. In fact, I have been pleading with the producers of ‘Khichdi’ to bring that show back.

I really miss playing Hansa. I just love her.

In Scotland, where we were shooting in June and July the weather was so unpredictable. We would start the shoot on a bright, sunny day and within an hour it would turn cloudy and start raining heavily.

My sabbatical from Bollywood was a conscious decision. I was never in the rat race.

I would love to be part of every film that’s good.

I want to be able to give ample time to my children and my home.

My parents were both very social and would have parties at home all the time.

In my free time, I read a lot, watch shows, listen to music, cook, write short stories and spend time with my grandchildren.

I have been offered other roles on television but I don’t think I’ll be able to enact those crooked characters.

Cinema might have it’s share of ups and downs, it can’t go. It is a very major part of everybody‘s life. It is a process like going to cinema halls, watching films on the big screen.

I am not familiar with Telugu, Tamil or Malayalam and tend to feel they are foreign languages to me.

I know that I play a mother all the time, but different kinds of mother.

Although the need or demand for a lead actor and actress will never fade in the Bollywood film industry, character roles have also become popular and more importantly they are very integral for the script.

My daughter told me that she wants to become an actor even before she learnt to speak properly.

I was quite old school and religious, keeping all my fasts and would prefer to spend my time in temples.

Honestly, I don’t understand this concept of daughter-in-law. For me, she is my daughter as well as her own mother’s daughter.

In all these years, I’ve witnessed how beautifully Hyderabad has grown.

People tell me Especially while we are stressed out, we watch just one episode of ‘Kichdi’ and immediately feel de-stressed.’

I enjoy performing different roles. I never want to get stuck with one character.

I can’t give 20 days a month to a show.

I feel Hansa is an evergreen character which has been a sheer pleasure to perform.

Every time I get a role of a mother, I try to find a different area, person or milieu where I can put the mother That’s always exciting.

On TV, you get stuck with one character and people remember you for that. I’m not happy with that.

The shows being made nowadays are very similar, very regressive. We are talking about the type of ’60s, ’70s kind of films, and similar stories are being shown on TV today. Only rehashed and glossy. It does not interest me.

In fact, I have seen four kinds of weather in a single day.

I didn’t want Sanah to be an actress. I was very concerned.

When TV came, it was a very strong medium. It reached out to so many people and it could have made difference but we got into mundaneness of it.

Though my mother gave me the first break, I didn’t want to become an actor. I wanted to dance.

I got an opportunity to play all kinds of women – that has been the satisfying aspect of my career.

Based on the role’s requirement whether it needs genuine portrayal or going over the top, I understand the whole process and deliver the performance.

In fact I watch Netflix these days for something light.

Sometimes, I do think about direction but I haven‘t much about it. I don’t know if I want to put my foot in the other boat.

I was keen to become a dancer and was studying for it. Somehow, it did not work out and I joined theatre. I do not regret it.

My daughter-in-law is like my daughter.

I thought ‘Bobby Jasoos’ was an extremely interesting film.