Quotes by Nargis Fakhri - Page 2

I don't really know what the prerequisites are for Bollywood, but I do believe I can be successful in anything I choose to do.
Nargis Fakhri /
Bollywood
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My priority is the script. Get me a good script, and I will sign the movie. I think I should leave the casting up to the experts!
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Casting
Experts
Good Me Will
Good Script
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My mum was born in the former Czechoslovakia, and even though my grandparents weren't wealthy, they were aristocrats in their time.
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Born
Czechoslovakia
Former
Mum
Wealthy
Aristocrat
Grandparents
Though
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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Quirky
Bike
Fun Things
Dates
Ride
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My motto is never to hold on to anything. I accept and then let go: not just the negatives, but the praise, too. Or it'll get to my head.
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Motto
My Motto
Praise
Let Go
Negatives
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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Love Myself Me
Board
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I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.
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Inspirational
Directed
Improves
Paul
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For me, life is about experiencing many new things and working with good people, working on good projects, and in general, just having any kind of job.
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Good People
New Things
Life Good Me
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I have learned so much from India: for instance, the use of aloe vera, which I use, and I find it sad when I see certain arts of oiling slowly fading away.
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Fading
Instance
Slowly
Vera
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I've experienced wrong diagnoses and been given antibiotics for things that could be cured naturally. We may not think much of it, but it destroys our immunity.
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Antibiotics
Immunity
Naturally
Destroys
Cured
Experienced
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I've learnt some important lessons: I never rely on the opinion of one doctor alone. I do my own research; I read up and am ready with questions I need answered.
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Lessons
Rely
Answered
Learnt
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I had to struggle with the language. I can understand Hindi now, but I still can't communicate. And things get lost in translation; I feel rejected all the time.
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Communicate
Hindi
Rejected
Translation
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I like to wear jewellery, even though I like my look to be minimalist. When I go out for events, I like to have at least one statement piece. It always adds glamour.
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Glamour
Jewellery
Minimalist
Adds
At Least One
Statement
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I'm intrigued by traditional Indian designs. They are so beautifully handcrafted, and the designs are so intricate and beautiful. I really prefer the Indian designs.
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Indian
Intricate
Beautifully
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I am not into marriage. You look at all the marriages breaking down and all the people cheating on their marriages, and you become cynical. Marriage is nothing but a label.
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Cheating
Breaking
Label
Marriages
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
Nargis Fakhri /
Sticky
Apply
Coconut
Every Single Day
Single Day
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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Elderly
Fine Arts
Psychology
Realised
Therapy
Minor
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I am an independent, educated woman, I make my own money, take care of my mom, and I am single, so I can do whatever I want, taking no one's permission, and that is the best part.
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Educated
Permission
Take Care
Best Part
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I got a lot of offers after 'Rockstar' but was totally dependent on the team managing my work, who did not want me to sign any of the films I was offered, even though I wanted to.
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Dependent
Work Me Who
Offered
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In Bollywood, they like to put us in short clothes. And I am very shy; I don't like wearing revealing stuff, though my image is such. Unfortunately, it's a body-obsessed industry.
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Bollywood
Revealing
Unfortunately
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It's something I am confident about. It gives me an adrenaline rush - who wouldn't want want to wear beautiful clothes and jewellery and look wonderful - it's a dream job for many.
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Adrenaline
Beautiful Clothes
Jewellery
Beautiful I Am Me
Beautiful Look I Am
Rush
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In a time where there are divides between cultures and races, I would love to use my position to show that we are all the same inside and working together is the key to moving forward.
Nargis Fakhri /
Divides
Moving
Moving Forward
Position
Working Together
Inside
Love Time Together
Cultures
Forward
Races
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My sister and I had a tough childhood, but my mom always said that travelling is the most beautiful thing you can do in your life. She always showed us the globe and gifted me an atlas.
Nargis Fakhri /
Sister
Atlas
Childhood
Gifted
Tough
Life Mom Beautiful
Beautiful Thing
Most Beautiful
Most Beautiful Thing
Travelling
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I knew that all South Indian language films were first made in Chennai and that Tamil Nadu is one of the biggest film-producing centres in the country. I wanted to be part of films here.
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Indian
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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Criticise
Practise
Praise
Psychology
Transient
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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Public Eye
Date
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I come from a culture where we wear white for weddings. In India, it's different. But I really feel that there should be no set notions, and a bride should only wear something when she's comfortable in it.
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Notions
Weddings
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When I was 12, my mum put us in a summer camp meant for children from low-income families. It was in upstate New York where we had to live in tents, fetch water, cook our meals, and even dig our own toilet bowls.
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Bowls
Fetch
Low Income
Meals
Summer Camp
Upstate New York
Camp
Dig
Toilet
Upstate
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I think I am feeling comfortable in Bollywood more than in Hollywood because I have spent more time here now and I am understanding a lot of things. I am feeling pretty good here. I really don't plan on running off anywhere.
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Bollywood
Time Good I Am
Pretty Good
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I think that, occasionally, fame and popularity can garner more attention for individuals or films. But as a person who believes in my craft, I like the romantic notion that skill and hard work is more important than notoriety.
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Hard Work
Notion
Popularity
Believes
Craft
Garner
Occasionally
Skill
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I pride myself on my personilty and not my looks because one day, I will be old and crusty with a moustache, and someone is going to love me for my personality and not looks. So whoever is going to marry me is going to laugh till he dies.
Nargis Fakhri /
Moustache
Pride
Love Me
Marry
Till
Whoever
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Ritesh Deshmukh is rock star. He has a lovely family. He works so hard, and he's a great actor. He's funny, friendly, doesn't have an ego, and is so nice to everyone. He's a fine professional, a good husband, and a good father. That's a rock star for me.
Nargis Fakhri /
Friendly
Good Father
Lovely
Rock Star
Funny Family Good
Great Actor
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I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.
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Close Friends
Interacting
Skype
Thank God
Meal
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I like to start my day with a glass of coconut water, some protein powder, and a mix of things - goji berries, flax seeds, hemp seeds, even the flesh of a coconut or anything with a lot of fibre. I often add bananas, or eggs - fried or boiled - to my breakfast.
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Add
Bananas
Berries
Breakfast
Eggs
Flesh
Hemp
Powder
Protein
Seeds
Coconut
Fried
Glass
Mix
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At the end of the day, the one commonality that both Hindi cinema and Hollywood share is that they are full of talented and inspirational people. Outside of this, there are many differences, from the scheduling and rehearsal to promotion and directing techniques.
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Inspirational
Cinema
Commonality
Differences
Hindi
Promotion
Rehearsal
Scheduling
Talented
Directing
Techniques
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Uday Chopra is a person who will be a part of my life for the rest of my life. He is the most amazing human being who I have ever met in my entire life - not just in India, but around the world. If anyone is his friend, that person is lucky to have him in his life.
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Most Amazing
Life Amazing World
Entire Life
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I don't eat white breads, and I'm off dairy due to an allergic reaction and because of what it does to the body. I've learnt a lot about different foods and how the body breaks it down and what happens when we eliminate or incorporate certain foods, and it's pretty fascinating!
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Allergic
Dairy
Fascinating
Breaks
Due
Eliminate
Foods
Incorporate
Learnt
Reaction
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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Allergic
Antibiotics
Indigestion
Infection
Pay Attention
Worms
Love Food Body
Parasitic
Reaction
Vowed
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I was tall and skinny, and at 15, I was approached to model. I figured that models got to travel, and it became my ticket to travel so much so that if an agency could not fly me to another country, I would fly on my cost so that I could see that country and also make some money.
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Travel
Agency
Cost
Skinny
Figured
Model
Ticket
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In this hectic life, we have no time to take care of ourselves, hence massage is needed for rejuvenation and stress reduction. A lot of people are looking for quick fixes: like, they are taking medications, and they are doing other things which are not healthy. But massage is very holistic and natural.
Nargis Fakhri /
Care
Healthy
Hectic
Holistic
Massage
Natural
Needed
Reduction
Stress
Take Care
Life Time People
Things
Like
Looking
Very
Lot
Doing
Take
Medications
No Time
Other
Quick
Which
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