100 Quotes by Deepti Naval

I was writing in English since my school days in Amritsar.

Earlier, when actors aged, they were never, ever to be seen again; but times have changed for the better. Now you don't have to go into oblivion just because you've crossed 40.

I am not a trained actor, and for me, getting under the skin of a character, living their lives, is important, or the audience will catch my lie.

I was fascinated with Urdu ever since I was a child.

I feel that somewhere actors are vulnerable, that they need to be protected and this is why we find ourselves living life much less than more.

I loved the cinema of Basu Chatterjee, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya. Their movies were close to life, yet heart-warming.

I love old Hindi songs, black and white films.

I wanted to belong to the films which were trying to say something.

Sai Paranjpye, I, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani, Saeed Jaffrey... What a team it was!