100 Quotes by Waheeda Rehman

Script is the most important thing and if the script is good, then whatever role you are doing, it's fine.

Awards have lost their charm. The experience of getting an award has completely dissolved. Awards functions start in December and go on till April and are distributed for anything and everything. Categories like Best Jodi, Best Dressed Celebrity are all redundant.

Nanda and I were very different individuals, quite the study in contrasts. But we were very close friends. Or maybe we were close friends because we were so different.

Guru Dutt was a serious person, yes. He used to be very impatient, not with the artistes, but with the technicians - especially the camera crew.

It is strange, but directors have always shown more confidence in my abilities than I've in myself.

Satyajit Ray made films the way films should be made - from start to finish. So whether you're needed on the set or not, you can spend your whole time thinking about your character.

In my time, if your performance was good, you would get the award. It would be a nail-biting experience. We would always be curious whether our name would be announced as the winner.

I have always loved taking pictures. When I was young, I would carry a small camera with me on the sets.

In the 1960s, songs were an integral part of film narration. I have been fortunate to have had some of the best songs of the era picturised on me, some of which gave me an opportunity to use my skills as a dancer too.