Quotes by Priyamani - Page 2

For an actress, the choices are more if one is open to the idea of doing films in different languages.
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Languages
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I'm not finding fault or blaming the industry, but the heroes have always dominated the film industry.
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Film Industry
Blaming
Dominated
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The tag of a 'National Award winner' earned me a lot of respect from a lot of people. I like that in a way.
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Tag
Respect Me People
Award
Earned
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It would be interesting to explore an opportunity if Hindi filmmakers think I can fit into any character in a film.
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Hindi
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You need to see what kind of offers come your way. Just because it is Bollywood, doesn't mean that you have to take it.
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Bollywood
Offers
Way Your See
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I don't think a heroine-oriented film has the capacity to pull an audience like a hero-oriented film in any film industry.
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Film Industry
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My mother is my favorite cook and she does all cuisines really well. I eat the delicacies made by her whenever I find time.
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Cuisines
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I have acted in all four film industries in the South. I speak all four languages because of my upbringing in various cities.
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Upbringing
Acted
Languages
Industries
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Moreover, there is nothing wrong in wearing a bikini or other skimpy attires, as many of my predecessors have set a trend in it.
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Predecessors
Bikini
Moreover
Trend
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No doubt an actress has to do varied roles. But I don't want myself to be typecast as an actress who can only do off-beat ventures.
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No Doubt
Typecast
Varied
Ventures
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I have been getting some offers of films. But more than films, I have been getting offers for serials which I have obviously declined.
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Offers
Declined
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I'm happy I got to share screen space with established actors such as Vikram, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan and still was noticed.
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Share
Established
Noticed
Screen
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Female actors' contribution to films are at par with male actors. So just because they signed the film, they can't be taken for granted.
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Contribution
Granted
Taken For Granted
Male Actors
Par
Signed
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Glamour has been an integral part of showbiz from a longtime and the whole debate about exposing and vulgarity is blown out of proportions.
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Debate
Exposing
Glamour
Showbiz
Vulgarity
Blown
Integral
Integral Part
Longtime
Proportions
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Sometimes in the mainstream movies, a character who is from the South is portrayed by a person who looks like a South Indian but speaks in fake accent.
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Fake
Mainstream
Accent
Portrayed
Speaks
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I did some glamorous roles and even wore a bikini in the Telugu film 'Drona,' but the audience was aghast. Some said, 'Please don't ever wear a bikini again!'
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Glamorous
Bikini
Telugu
Wore
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There is so much bloodshed and action packed into our films these days. Pretty women provide the much-needed respite to the masses from the melee of non-stop action.
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Bloodshed
Non Stop
Masses
Packed
Provide
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Acting opposite big heroes has worked well for my career. Hence, I have decided to do films that have top-notch actors as people take notice of my acting talent too.
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Top Notch
Hence
Notice
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Lack of access to basic sanitation facilities can be a traumatic experience for girls especially during menstruation period and have an adverse impact on their health.
Priyamani /
Experience
Girl
Health
Access
Adverse
Impact
Sanitation
Basic
Period
Facilities
Traumatic
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Of course, Malayalam has a slightly different way of working because here at least if the movie is good, it gets some mileage by word of mouth even if you don't have big heroes.
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Mileage
Heroes
Mouth
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There's nothing wrong in sporting a bikini. If the director wants to shoot you in a pool, you cannot be wearing denims or a saree - you need to be dressed accordingly to the situation.
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Pool
Accordingly
Bikini
Dressed
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Every second or third day I'm getting calls from people with new projects, asking me to listen to stories. But I don't want to do just any other project. There should be some zing to it; something new.
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Every Second
New Projects
Something New
Me Day People
Calls
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If something nice comes my way, I will take it up. It has to be something substantial. I am not saying that I have to do films like 'The Dirty Picture' or 'Kahaani.' It could be something commercial as well.
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Dirty
Substantial
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I knew 'Rakta Charitra' would be a story between two men, Suriya and Vivek Oberoi. I had no problem when Ram Gopal Varma told me that I had only a small role as Suriya's wife who is supportive of his decisions.
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No Problem
Supportive
Ram
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I would actually say to all the parents to tell their children to start respecting people. And, automatically when you start respecting people, it will give rise to give and take. Respect starts in your own house.
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Give And Take
Automatically
Respecting
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I don't think I can marry a person who I don't know; I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with him. I rather get to know the person first and then decide, instead of saying yes first and regretting it later.
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Life My Life Rest
Marry
Regretting
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My pay packet is reasonable. But I prefer doing films where I have a meaty role. The set-up of the film and the filmmaker also matter to me. For me those are vital issues that help me decide on a film. You never sign a film only for money.
Priyamani /
Film
Pay
Reasonable
Money Me Never
Prefer
Money Me Doing
Films
Help
Packet
Role
Sign
Vital
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The audience simply don't find a heroine picking a fight with 10 guys as convincing as a hero. So the industry always sticks to psychological thrillers and ghost movies for heroine-oriented projects and this can sustain only for a short time.
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Convincing
Ghost
Psychological
Short Time
Sticks
Heroine
Picking
Sustain
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Fans are always going out of their way and doing so much, be it my birthday or any festival or occasion or most of the time nothing at all and there couldn't be a better way than connecting with them personally and giving them access to my world.
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Birthday
Connecting
Time Always World
Better Way
Festival
Occasion
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I've worked with the likes of Ram Gopal Varma in 'Rakhta Charitra' and Mani Ratman in 'Raavan' - both these films released in Hindi as well. You need to have something substantial to make a mark in Bollywood and these movies gave me strong characters.
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Bollywood
Hindi
Released
Substantial
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One day Mani Sir called me to his office and narrated the script of 'Raavan.' He then asked me how good my Hindi is. When I told him that it's quite good, he asked one of his assistant directors to talk to me in Hindi and I was asked only to reply in Hindi.
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Hindi
Good Me Day
Assistant
Reply
Sir
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Honestly, I understand that as an actor I should be comfortable with playing different characters. I am also not degrading those actors who are part of stories that require intimate scenes, but as an actress, I wouldn't be doing any scene that requires smooching and making out.
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Degrading
Different Characters
Intimate
Require
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I was labelled a jinx. No one wanted to work with me. I was home for about six to eight months without any films. I did modeling. In fact, at one point, I contemplated quitting films. That's when director Ameer called me for 'Paruthiveeran' and I cannot thank him enough for it.
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Modeling
Quitting
Work Home Me
Work Home Enough
Contemplated
Labelled
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When I started years back, there was a lot of apprehension to don a mother's role. People feared that once you play a mother, you will get similar roles from next time too. But look at actresses like Kareena Kapoor or Malaika Arora. They look so hot in real life despite being mothers.
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Apprehension
Next Time
Life Time Mother
Life Time Look
Feared
Mothers
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Soon after 'Paruthiveeran' I was flooded with scripts that were almost the same as the award-winning film. I had offers from Malyalam, Telugu and Kannada filmmakers. But I had to be firm and in fact I realized that now I had to be more careful with my choice of films because I have raised the audience expectations.
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Careful
Firm
Offers
Raised
Scripts
Choice
In Fact
Realized
Soon
Telugu
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