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" I started from B-grade films, and today I'm the number one actress of this country... whereas other actresses, whom you might call my contemporaries, they have had no growth in whatever platform they were launched... they are still there and have not risen to another platform. "

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" The glorification of sisters, mothers as the selfless Indian women who will do 'agni pariksha' and the one who sees her own betterment only in the betterment of their husbands and fathers, that has to stop. It's very regressive. "

Kangana Ranaut

Own

Her

Selfless

" I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person. "

" I don't know why everyone feels the pressure to look young. Personally, I hate it. I don't want to inject Botox and look young forever. It's living in denial and anything that has an undercurrent of this philosophy is bad for your growth. "

" To expect this larger-than-life, holier-than-thou sort of existence from us is not possible. We as much want to make our own mistake as a man does. "

" My parents wanted me to be a doctor. So I took up science, but then realised that my heart was not in it at all. The thought of treating ailing people was very depressing. "

" Our society loves raw character; we love raw women. We don't love our mother because she is hot and sexy: we love our mother because she is our mother. We love our granny because she is our granny. We value her. We don't remember anyone's face from our childhood; we love our granny's face. "

" Initially, I wanted to do films with A-list actors when I was struggling. I was hoping that I could also get that platform where I'm launched with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan or Aamir Khan... and with them my career could also start, but it didn't happen. And then came 'Queen.' "

" I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of. "

Kangana Ranaut

Expectations

Father

" All beautiful things in this world are because of women. "

" When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child. "

" I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot. "

" I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model. "

Kangana Ranaut

Today

Hate

" Item numbers are not my cup of tea. "

" In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her. "

" While choosing a fashion show, I take into consideration the designer and the collection. Then only I said yes to do a show. "

" My father is a businessman, and my mother is a schoolteacher. "

" When you are romancing a woman in a relationship, it should be poetic. It should have layers. "

" I'm my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now? "

Kangana Ranaut

Heroes

Want

" The kind of roles which you get, people identify with your roles, and it then leads to the kind of brands you get. "

" Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health. "

" Many people are insecure of many people. "

" There have been interviews with people saying they are jealous of Kangana. There are so many people who are jealous of my success. "

" I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.' "

" I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut. "

" In 'Rangoon', I play an action star of the 1940s. "

" A lot of my friends are getting married, but I don't think that is what I need. I am under no such pressure that if everybody is having a boyfriend, I too should have one. "

" The thing about Bollywood is that you can't just quit it even if you have little fame. You have to stick around and keep trying. "

" I think there are things that you look for when you're younger, and you think they are going to make you happier or make you feel complete. That's not going to happen, and it's really about living the moments. Eventually, you reach a point when you're at ease with your life and don't have any unrealistic expectations. "

" When I moved to Bombay, it was very harsh. I was nothing like what I am today. I couldn't speak a word of English. In England, people might be very understanding about that, but in Bombay, they're not very forgiving. 'If you don't speak English, how do you expect to work in Hindi films?' "

" If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with big stars, but I would rather do the films where I get the title roles. "