Shweta Basu Prasad

Actress

60 Quotes

I make documentaries. I attend film festivals. I don't have time to sit at cafes taking selfies.

Music, that has mostly earned a 'film music' status in our country, leaves genres like jazz, folk and classical to the niche. But, something common ties all the genres of music, the skeleton of the sounds - the instruments. Instrumentalist in our country are not given their due, at least not as much as they deserve.

I wish there was a museum of sorts for legends like Ellis R Dungan and many others who disappear with the turn of page in the book of time.

Folk tales, which are usually written for children, become a bigger lesson for adults.

I cannot force anyone to like or respect me.

I've dedicated my life to cinema and acting.

While on shoots, if I am not shooting for a scene, I would do any work that I can pick, including taking the clap, cue, basically assisting my directors.

Folk tales are the most authentic way of understanding a region, its legend and people.

Isn't it strange that most times we look at men in uniform - khakhi uniform - we feel more scared than safe. It is said that police should neither be friends nor foes. Always at bay.

Love' is the perfect binge watch series for the weekend. The show is funny, real, in your face, all about love, yet completely unromantic!

All of us at some point in life regret for things we did and did not do in life.

I don't think I've the luxury of being weak. Being strong is my only option.

Apart from films and television I have explored behind-the-camera work, and worked as a script consultant at Phantom films.

Online content is the new game in the field of entertainment. Web series, short films, independent movies. This new medium has been a boon to both the makers and its viewers.

Mars, the second planet from the sun in our solar system is touted to be the next home for human race in the coming decades if the research and understanding of the planet is cracked by the bigwigs of the science world.

Unconventional careers are often feared, because they don't guarantee success or least a job. Hence, parents of most media, art and design professionals worry if their offsprings will ever settle with a steady career.

A role and character are never the same.

There are several new species that are discovered each year on our planet alone, science suggests that there could be many more worlds like ours.

Isn't living life about having freedom to choose what an individual wants, instead of being told what to do?

All of us use crutches of popularity amongst friends, society, social media for self-importance. People go to any extent to feed their ego, even if that means to show someone down, self-destruction or to kill someone.

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