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" 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. "

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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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Window

Class

Classroom

" Politics should come from human stories. "

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

Swara Bhaskar

Matters

Bottom

" 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

" When I came to Mumbai, I didn't know a soul. The only person I knew was an assistant director, which, everyone agrees, is the lowest form of life on the set. So, it was not a great contact to have. So, I knew from day one that I wasn't going to be launched opposite a superstar. "

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

" I am a self-destructive idiot. "

Swara Bhaskar

I Am

Self-Destructive

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

" 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 an extremely laidback person when it comes to 'looking hot.' "

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

Swara Bhaskar

Actor

I Am

" Frankly, Indian women inherit this collective cultural unconscious - this sense of guilt, shame, and dishonour. I think Indian girls need to become shameless and a little selfish, too. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Mumbai is a spider web. You do a film and make 10 connections and do something else and make 10 more connections. You keep moving like that. "

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

Swara Bhaskar

People

Intelligent

" All my life I have faced this awkwardness, as I almost sound like a guy. In fact, whenever I would call my friends, their dads would say, 'Hold on son.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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