Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Ekta Kapoor
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian producer Ekta Kapoor.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
I am a terrible actor.
I really find Jodha-Akbar a fine example of a couple, true or not, that people need to see today.
My holidays are generally impromptu, since a crazy work schedule is bound to eat into a long-planned trip.
In films, I do programming I can never do in television. I have fun. Both mediums are content-led, but they are so diverse in their psychology that they cannot have a meeting point.
The beauty about history is that it's open to perception.
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.
All my shows airing on different channels have been the top shows.
Movie promotions - as with all business, it is an important part of any release because of the inherent high financial risk, and sometimes they tend to equal anywhere between half or three times the production budget.
I love the streets of Kolkata, and I admire the old architectural buildings.
We have to stop using words like 'that time of the month' or other such variations. Say it: I have my periods. There is nothing to be shy or embarrassed about.
If you depict one home and the drama moving around one family, people love it because the characters become identifiable.
I honestly believe that if you're not growing, then you are taking the space that somebody else would get if you moved forward.
'Balika' is not my type of show, so I don't watch it.
I knew I wanted to make good television, create content that's massy, and provide programming that would invite families to come together and witness these 'reel' lives.
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.
Creative instinct is personal.
I believe in life after death.
If you talk to a woman, she will give you at least five incidents in a day, 5-10 in a month, where she had to work harder to prove herself because she is a 'woman,' maybe at a male-dominated work place or when she has to come across as a smarter woman if she is good-looking.
What I want to do with cinema is keep it as universal as possible.
Constantly adapting yourself to changing times is a very integral part of a successful person's personality because change is the only constant, and one should have the ability to change and adapt to change with time.
I can't create magic, where all my serials will have the highest ratings.
I would describe myself as eclectic: Bohemian in thought and conservative in action - or maybe it's the other way around.
I cannot even begin to express how happy my baby's birth has made me.
I don't think 'Jurassic Park' could have been so much fun had Spielberg not made a 'Schindler's List.'
I am bad mannered, naughty, and one of those few people who lands up in controversies, but I guess that's expected of me.
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.
The reason for certain shows not doing well or as per expectations is that they were not aired on not so popular channels.
As a producer, I am dying to explore psychology and urban dilemmas - say, fatigue - in a marriage.
TV is very mass, especially now that boxes are shifting to small towns.
There's no certain type of cinema, but there's a certain type of promise every film comes with. The agenda is to keep an eye on quality and live up to that promise.
I am very reactive and malleable. I have to figure out when to be hands on and hands off. If I am hands on all the time, I can't do too much. But my attitude works in a certain way. So the idea is to spread your personality, your attitude.
I am not a person who will mince words.
I have no issue with the CBFC.
You cannot predict how well a film will do.
It is very difficult for an actor to replace another actor who has already created an image.
When I made TV shows, people called them regressive. Clearly, everyone wants to generalize everything, but I like to choose a middle path.
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.
I don't work that hard.
I'm just a simple television and film producer who started off from her garage and whose only idea was to tell a story.
Most of my work is in my mind.
Through these years, I have attempted to create magical moments between my characters because, be it television or films, life is about the moments we create while living through it.
People are always trying to figure me out, given the varied nature of my films and shows.
People have always wondered if I'm trying to push the envelope when it comes to my cinema - they keep questioning the visual graphics and the controversial content.
I could have never had any kind of creative freedom on TV, so then I did movies! Now, I am able to do all kinds of entertainment... and that, I feel, is the biggest blessing!
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 love 'Koi Aane Ko Hai.' It is my favourite show because I believe in this genre.
My creative team filters the scripts before they reach me and a few others. We evaluate them, ponder over the budget, and think of various possibilities to get the viewer excited.
The CBFC is only mirroring society.
I really wish I were a superhero.
I have realized that the taste of the viewer can constantly change. So you need to sniff out the need for change. Constantly restructuring your own business to cater to changing taste is imperative.
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.
Television is about identifying with the characters.
When you talk about a daily soap, it means one would be seen 28 days a month, which requires 30 days of shooting. So an actor being seen on a show airing four days a week and being telecast thrice a day comes along with a baggage of the character.
I never said anything bad about Smriti, nor did she speak against me.
I do think responsibility does come with a lot of power, and more than that, it comes with the fact that you can actually change the thinking of those not only in your country but in the countries where your films are watched.
Expect the unexpected from me!
If I don't like a person, I always speak out.
I started working at a time when most of my friends were still figuring their lives out.
I'm told Jodha was someone whose eyes conveyed humility, simplicity, courage, and conviction. Paridhi embodies everything I had in mind for Jodha.
I am a living contradiction.
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