I think success is what you make of it - of course there is always the factor of luck, but one should always be equipped to seize the moment when opportunity knocks.
I love the streets of Kolkata, and I admire the old architectural buildings.
My spirituality and my beliefs are way beyond any superstition - I'm not a conformist - and I do have a scientific outlook towards religion. Our body is made up of different elements, and certain stones help align these elements.
Passion keeps me going. I love my work. The need to come back, no matter what, and my passion towards my work keeps me going.
For me, it's quite scary to go ahead to make my characters say things because, at times, you might actually be influencing a mind - and not one but many of thousands of minds.
If someone doesn't like something, it's their prerogative not to like it. It's not possible to please everyone. That doesn't mean that I'm going to change my mental make-up. I follow my instinct.
I am bad mannered, naughty, and one of those few people who lands up in controversies, but I guess that's expected of me.
I'm just a simple television and film producer who started off from her garage and whose only idea was to tell a story.
When I made TV shows, people called them regressive. Clearly, everyone wants to generalize everything, but I like to choose a middle path.
Though personally I'm not a fan of celebrating with fireworks, it is beautiful to watch the sight from a distance.
I started working at a time when most of my friends were still figuring their lives out.
I've always said time and time again that I hate anything conventional.
I really find Jodha-Akbar a fine example of a couple, true or not, that people need to see today.
The people in Kolkata are very different. They don't wish to be super rich but give more importance to education than anything else. They are very innocent at heart, and one can sense a lot of purity in them.
Diwali is chaotic in the Kapoor household, and that's an understatement. I normally throw a huge card party with all my close friends and my close knit group from the industry.
I cannot stop gushing over the reviews that 'The Dirty Picture' has garnered. I'm glad that people are loving it.
My work begins at around 3 P.M. I wake up at around 2 P.M., watch my serial cassettes, jog for 30 minutes, get my make-up done, and plunge into meetings lined up with my directors. By evening, I finish all meetings and go to my office, where I handle any problems that may have arisen there.
As a producer or even as a basic seller, you need to be confident about your product.
I've been able to chart out my professional life. But I can never chart out my personal one.
Television is about identifying with the characters.
