Quotes by Amyra Dastur - Page 2

I pick up what is offered to me. And if somebody is not offering me the right role and right film then I am not going to choose.
Amyra Dastur /
I Am Me Film
Offered
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I was brutally bullied in school. I had short hair and buck teeth and kids would call out to me in the most nasty ways possible.
Amyra Dastur /
Nasty
Short Hair
Teeth
Brutally
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Getting that debut film is definitely harder than someone who has got a known last name. I mean some star kids don't even audition.
Amyra Dastur /
Debut
Audition
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I'm having a tough time coping in showbiz. I'm absolutely terrified of it. Each time you walk out, somebody wants to click a picture.
Amyra Dastur /
Coping
Showbiz
Terrified
Tough
Picture
Absolutely
Click
Each Time
Walk
Wants
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When you are in a different city, you must relish the local food and I always like to try the authentic taste and flavours of a city.
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Relish
Authentic
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I'm glad I did South films because I feel they have moulded me. They are really loud and are in a different language, so it's not easy.
Amyra Dastur /
Glad
Loud
Me Feel Easy
Different Language
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When I worked with Chinese crew for the first time, including production unit, spot boys etc, everyone was so affectionate, sweet and kind.
Amyra Dastur /
Affectionate
Crew
Etc
Spot
Unit
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I am not somebody who feels comfortable socialising at parties where many film stars gather and endlessly chat, because I am quite introverted.
Amyra Dastur /
Film Stars
Introverted
Chat
Endlessly
Gather
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Raju Gadu' is a situational comedy where I play a fun and bubbly character. She's a proper Andhra girl who's modern but loves donning desi looks.
Amyra Dastur /
Situational
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I am obsessed with silver jewellery, so I visited the Johri Bazar, which is famous for it and bought a lot of silver rings, earrings and pendants.
Amyra Dastur /
Earrings
Jewellery
Rings
Silver
Visited
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When I am not working, I love travelling, especially solo trips where I can pack my bag and go somewhere and explore new food, culture, and people.
Amyra Dastur /
Solo
Bag
Love Food Culture
Pack
Travelling
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I always wanted to be an actor and started modelling for various commercials when I was 16 and when I was in Class XII, got 'Issaq' through auditioning.
Amyra Dastur /
Auditioning
Commercials
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I never really thought I would be a Bollywood actress. However, I am a drama queen at home, so I guess Bollywood was bound to happen someday or the other.
Amyra Dastur /
Bollywood
Someday
Drama Queen
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I am not really into mediation etc. but I am more interested in physical benefits of yoga. I love the fact that it helps me keep a control on my body and muscles.
Amyra Dastur /
Yoga
Etc
Mediation
Muscles
Love I Am Me
Love Me Keep
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I love different exercises. If your body gets used to one particular type of exercise, it won't be good. I keep changing my exercise and that way, I have been fit.
Amyra Dastur /
Love Good Exercise
Exercises
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You will have some people, who think you are are not a good actor because you are pretty. There will be people, who can see past your appearance and take you seriously.
Amyra Dastur /
Appearance
Good Past Your
Good Actor
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Be it gym or yoga, I love it all. I start my day with it and it has to be at least for an hour and a half each morning. Even when I am holidaying, I stick to this regime.
Amyra Dastur /
Love Morning I Am
Love Morning Day
Each Morning
Hour And A Half
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When you are a pan-Indian actress, you are doing films in different languages and invariably, you end up not signing films in one language or the other for a brief period.
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Signing
Brief
Languages
Invariably
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Mumbai can eat you up or teach you how to survive because it is a tricky city. I guess living in cities like Mumbai or Delhi makes you slightly more street-smart and alert.
Amyra Dastur /
Mumbai
Tricky
Alert
To Survive
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I started modelling at the age of 16 and always aspired to be an actor. But my family only agreed to it on the condition that I would not let my studies suffer because of my work.
Amyra Dastur /
Condition
Agreed
Family Work Age
Aspired
Studies
Suffer
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Bascially, I want to do movies wherein even the girl's character actually has a part. If you want me to do glamorous roles, that's fine. But you have to make sure the character is good.
Amyra Dastur /
Glamorous
Good Movies Character
Wherein
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My family is really excited to see me in 'Made In China' because Boman Irani is there in the film and I am a Parsi so, my family and I are really looking forward for the release of the film.
Amyra Dastur /
Looking Forward
Release
Family I Am Me
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I really respect Telugu cinema and the fact that people out here have a totally different style of working and are at par with Bollywood. Sometimes, they beat Bollywood with the kind of films they make.
Amyra Dastur /
Bollywood
Out Here
Par
Telugu
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I define success a little differently. My dream from day one was to act and stand on my own two feet. I'm literally living my dream after struggling really hard to get here and that in itself is success to me.
Amyra Dastur /
Day One
Define
Struggling
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Of course, I always try to integrate my life on social media but I would be the last person to post a random picture just to get likes and just so that I can create some social media feed. For me, a post should have some meaning.
Amyra Dastur /
Feed
Life Social Media Me
Integrate
Post
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I haven't faced a casting couch in the South or Bollywood. But yes, I have faced my share of harassment in both industries. I don't have the guts to name them because they are powerful people - men and women who made sure I felt helpless.
Amyra Dastur /
Bollywood
Casting
Guts
Harassment
Helpless
Men And Women
Men Women People
Couch
Faced
Women Men People
Industries
Powerful People
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I have had an actor squeeze himself up against me during a shot in a song and whisper in my ear that he was so glad that I was in the film with him. When I threw him off me and refused to speak to him again, he made my experience miserable.
Amyra Dastur /
Glad
Miserable
Ear
Refused
Squeeze
Threw
Whisper
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What aren't the pressures of being an actress? Don't get me wrong, I love my job. It has been my one and only dream but it's scary. There's a certain lifestyle and image one has to live up to or face the criticism which is quite harsh and cruel.
Amyra Dastur /
Criticism
Harsh
Lifestyle
Love Face Me
Pressures
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I eat whatever I want. I don't follow any diet. The reason I workout is so that I can eat. If it's a bikini shoot, of course you should not eat a pizza a day before. Otherwise I am not a dieting kind of a person. If I am hungry, I make sure I eat.
Amyra Dastur /
Diet
Dieting
Hungry
Pizza
Workout
I Am Day I Can
Eat
Bikini
Course
Follow
Shoot
Otherwise
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When dancing for mass numbers, you can throw your hands and legs anywhere, but contemporary dance is a whole different ball game. Every move has to be pointed, graceful and must look elegant. It's not easy trust me, but is a lot of fun nevertheless.
Amyra Dastur /
Contemporary
Elegant
Legs
Mass
Nevertheless
Numbers
Trust Me
Trust Your Me
Ball Game
Graceful
Pointed
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I have worked really hard to reach where I am - I worked hard on my Hindi and diction because I am a Parsi and Hindi is not my strong point, and I've also learnt Tamil and Telugu because I want to get my lines right. I want to be known as a performer.
Amyra Dastur /
Diction
Hindi
Learnt
Performer
Telugu
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My dad's side of the family was very poor while growing up, but my dadi raised three kids, got my dad through medical school, sent my uncle to America where he wanted to work and helped my aunt become an accountant, because that's what she wanted to do.
Amyra Dastur /
Aunt
Medical School
Raised
Accountant
Helped
Sent
Uncle
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When I came back to Mumbai after boarding school, I was 16 and I picked up weight training and yoga. This is when I also started dance classes and Pilates and then I started doing different workouts every month. I am now proficient in kick boxing, gymnastics, classical dance as well as yoga.
Amyra Dastur /
Boxing
Gymnastics
Mumbai
Pilates
Boarding
Boarding School
Classes
Dance Classes
Picked
Proficient
Workouts
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When I first began learning yoga, I found it really hard because I couldn't clear my mind for the meditative part of it, but then after a few weeks it became easier and I could see how it began to change my body. I became more flexible and more relaxed and at peace with my environment. I love yoga and I encourage all my friends to practise it.
Amyra Dastur /
Flexible
Practise
Relaxed
All My Friends
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