35 Quotes by Kalyani Priyadarshan

I am happy to have been directed by my father, Priyadarshan, in the Malayalam movie 'Marakkar.' My dad said nothing about my performance during the shoot. But once done, he complimented me as a filmmaker, saying that I gave the output he needed.

That is one advice my dad gave me... to not look at the screen time but to look at being a part of good films.

So, when directors come up to me and ask if they should just narrate my role, I would say no and insist on knowing the whole story. It would give me a better idea of what I'm going to be a part of because when I look back at my career later on in life, nobody is going to remember my screen time.

I feel that I would perform really well if there was no camera in front of me. But when there is one, and the director says 'Action!' I freeze.

Most definitely a daddy's girl... but I am close to both my parents. Amma is my biggest fan; Achan is my biggest critic, so it is difficult to please my father. I am always trying to make him proud.

The best thing my parents did was to make me study in Chennai. I was in a school where most others around me were also from film industry families so none of us realised what our parents were.

I never thought I had it in me to be an actor. There is so much more to the job than acting. But my parents gave me confidence.

I am a shy person who is not very okay with the camera.

But I applaud my parents for they never really put us in hell. Whatever, emotionally, they were going through... they made sure they never took that out at home.