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" I was once caught climbing out of the classroom window while bunking a class. I lied that I had to go to the bathroom and the exit was crowded. The principal believed me. "

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" Once, I had a huge fight on a film set with an actor who threw tea on a spot boy's face. I refused to shoot until he apologised. "

Swara Bhaskar

Boy

Film

Face

" In India, we are parented in a way that we get very good values. But the whole culture forgets to tell us to also value ourselves. It's really OK sometimes to take into consideration your own happiness. "

" Bollywood, as an industry, is based on relationships. It has always been star-driven, and it has an element of feudalism. "

" Honestly, and seriously, I know I have to do a Telugu film. It was my grandmother's dream to see me in a Telugu film before she died. I couldn't fulfil her dream before she passed away, but I don't want to let go of it, either. "

Swara Bhaskar

Want

She

" I love acting, though I don't like the frills around it - red-carpet appearances, dressing up to look a certain way. "

Swara Bhaskar

Look

Love

" I feel that where I came from made me the actor that I am, and I wouldn't want to trade that with anything else. "

Swara Bhaskar

Feel

Trade

" I have become a little more cynical and, I would like to believe, a little wiser. When I first came to Mumbai, I was very idealistic. Now I can look anyone in the face and tell a lie. But I'm in a good place. "

" I've been propositioned by men who were in a position to cast me. I lost a few roles because I didn't give in. "

Swara Bhaskar

Position

Because

" You have to look beyond your known limited experience. Politics should be based on compassion. "

" When I grew up, I realised what an amazing thing my parents did. It was such a big deal for my mom, a middle class woman, to decide to leave her children and husband to go and do her Ph.D. for three years. And my dad, who is even more middle class, a traditional South Indian, to let his wife do that. "

" I was an avid reader as a child. I am losing that habit now, as my brain congeals into cabbage from wearing too many heels and too much foundation. "

" In India, thousands of people want to be in the movies because Bollywood plays such a huge role in our lives. "

" My parents are very democratic and liberal people who made the mistake of being democratic and liberal in the upbringing of their children! And in my case, they are still paying for it! Paying in the literal sense as well. "

" I am a self-destructive idiot. "

Swara Bhaskar

I Am

Self-Destructive

" Somewhere, the audience relates to my characters and their vulnerability. I believe they see themselves in me. "

Swara Bhaskar

Audience

I Believe

" Lately, I have realised that as an actor, I am representing certain aspirations to the world, and it's important that I respect the love people have for me. "

" There have been instances when people have told me that I look too intelligent to be an actress. "

Swara Bhaskar

People

Intelligent

" I feel glamour has a legit place on the ramp and in the fashion world. In films, glamour has to service the story. "

" I'm an actor, and I don't judge my parts. "

" I have had to answer questions like, 'But you don't look like lead material.' Now, I still don't know what 'lead material' looks like because everyone has eyes, a nose, and a face. "

" I never saw myself as a character actor or a lead actor; I've only seen myself as just an actor. "

" I'm a typical Delhi girl. Professional parents, nuclear family. My father was in the navy. I've spent my whole life in government accommodation, and it's been lovely. "

" Remember that you have to be happy to make other people happy. Don't get weighed down by duty, guilt, and responsibility all the time. "

" Being unapologetic about my body, my sexuality, my life's decisions is a political belief that, as a feminist, I strongly espouse. "

" Bottom line is, off-beat film or commercial films, Tollywood or Bollywood, it's the role that matters to me. "

Swara Bhaskar

Matters

Bottom

" I am a greedy, selfish actor, and for me, my role is important. "

Swara Bhaskar

Actor

I Am

" As a student, I was a total jhalli who used to wear torn denims, faded kurtis, kohled eyes and thought that I was the coolest girl ever! We were a bunch of students who used to do social-issue-based street plays and believed that we could bring about a change in the world. "

" Politics should come from human stories. "

" I was an avid 'Chitrahaar' and 'Superhit Muqqabala' watcher. We did not have cable TV for a long time, so that was my only source of entertainment growing up. My great fantasy was to be in 'Chitrahaar!' "

" Let me be honest - I might do a franchise film like 'Golmaal' if it comes my way. Eventually, we are all in Mumbai to become bigger stars, not better actors. "

Swara Bhaskar

Stars

Better