Dimple Kapadia
I get attracted to different things. I have a different take on everything. I like to do different things. I don't like the regular stuff.
My journey with Rajesh Khanna was good, thrilling... a roller coaster ride. I feel honoured to have two children with him.
Women sometimes get so caught up in life... their marriage takes over their life, their relatives take over their life, and then they forget who they are.
I got more than my share in life; a little more wouldn't hurt.
I'm a very open person, and I am not ashamed of it being out there. It's part of life.
As a viewer, I decide when I see the promo of a film whether I want to watch it or not. No amount of marketing can convince me otherwise.
Actors used to concentrate on acting, but today they are businessmen, too, and think about the numbers game as well. They multi-task very well. It's admirable that they have this ability.
Where can I earn money if not from my work? We do some films for money and some for creative satisfaction.
People who know me know that I am very clumsy, always fumbling, and I talk rubbish most of the times.
I don't like questions that delve into my personal life.
I don't mind talking about my professional career, but I hate interviews if I have to answer a stupid question about personal matters.
I will continue to give justice to do whatever I want to and like to do.
I made my film debut in 1973.
It is a pleasure if you pull out all your clothes out of the wardrobe and manage to fit into everything easily.
I was lucky that my first movie itself established me as an actress.
I like all kinds of music, be it old Hindi movie songs or English classics.
I love driving.
I often meet directors who want to cast me as the protagonist, but if the rest of the characters are not strong enough, the film is bound to fall flat on a creative level.
There is certainly no formula of making a successful film, but there are means to make a sensible film.
People call me fussy, but that's a fallacy.
If I am not excited about a project, then how do I expect my audience to watch my film? Give me good roles, and I will be working round the clock.
I love playing poker, reading, and painting.
I love Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, and Tabu.
Hrithik Roshan is excellent - he is miles ahead of everybody in passion and dedication.
Our family was always together. Whenever Kakaji needed something or wanted to discuss some issue, he would always bring it up with us. Certain things happened that brought us closer.
I have done fewer films than I should have. No regrets. I wanted to be at home.
I like a slower pace of life.
I have realised that it has become essential to promote your film. God forbid, if a film doesn't run, I shouldn't be blamed for that.
I am a gypsy, basically.
I'm not satisfied in the sense I am not looking for any roles, but I do make peace with myself saying that 'I am not the best in the world.' But I have tried to give my best, and I want to get better.
I believe that life begins at 50.
There are bathroom singers, but I am a bathroom painter. In other words, my art will stay inside the four walls of my house.
Art is a beautiful world to get into. Once you are there, it is very difficult to get out of it. Like, once you start painting, you don't want to leave your brush and colours.
People still come to me and compliment me on 'Bobby.'
Though acting offers would keep coming and going, and I would pick up only the ones that I find good, my hands are literally full with candles... I can't think beyond them.
I read a book on candles and got curious. I followed it up by taking a course with famous London-based candle maker David Constable. And now these have become the passion of my life.
Being a creative person, I'm naturally drawn towards art of any kind. But I'm more attracted to paintings because they radiate an aura of their own.
I love seeing colours of various hues; they simply fascinate me.
I find it very boring to keep on talking about myself! Which is why I find giving interviews also very boring.
I just love candles... the colour, the glow, the light.
Direction or even production doesn't fascinate me at all.
I haven't been a prototype mother.
Hindi cinema hasn't moved at all in terms of roles for actresses beyond 18 years.
I have had so many gaps that I have not been consistently working, and the thing is that you get better with more work.
It takes me some time to get into what I am doing - since I am not a trained actor, I don't have that skill. I have to think of what I am doing and how it comes through.
I am a very lazy person.
I think Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh are doing a fabulous job.
Akshay Kumar is more than a son to me. What I love about him is that there is never a dull moment with him. He is always up to some nonsense.
We used to take two years to complete a film, and sometimes, we used to be told on the sets that the scenes are still being written. Everything today is pre-planned.