Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Ileana D'Cruz - Page 2

We rely on our partners, but if we're not stable within, we crumble in our relationships, too.

I don't like being jealous.

I personally feel my equation with Varun Dhawan is on a different level. I share a great rapport with him. He is very charming, matured, and he knows what to say when.

I was always like the wallflower.

In the end, only a good actor stands out; if I am not a good actor, I won't stand out.

Marriage is great for some; it makes them better people. For me, commitment doesn't have to be marriage. It stems from the fact that I have a Westernised world view.

I'm aware that I am flawed. I'm aware that I have issues. I'm aware that I need to be able to be healthy, not just physically but mentally.

A lot of people say I am very mysterious. It takes a lot to know me.

I've got every possible thing I could want. And I wondered, 'Why am I so depressed?' I still don't know sometimes.

My entire life goal was to be accepted by everyone. I think that's what I wanted the most. I never got it.

I never thought I'd be somebody dealing with anxiety or depression.

Anxiety has been a big problem for me, but I think my biggest struggle has been depression.

I'm a fairly mature woman, and I've realised that I'm not going to grow if I keep thinking, 'The other heroine in the film is so much better than me.' I would rather take inspiration from them.

We actors get a lot of love, but at times, we get double the amount of negativity for no reason whatsoever.

At the end of the day, you are doing the film for the audience.

I was this very self-conscious, shy person once I hit my teens.

I was a complete tomboy. You'd never see me wearing skirts.

I always wanted to play a Punjabi girl because I always found them very colourful, in a way. There's always a spark to all the Punjabi girls I've seen onscreen.

It makes it so much easier to work with people who you can implicitly trust.

My basic knowledge about Punjabi comes from films.

I feel that I don't have to have it all together all the time. I don't have to be this smiling face for the public.

There is a glimpse of me that I'd like to keep private. And I believe that is necessary for my kind of sanity. I'd not like the world to know everything about me.

I love watching funny films.

I have been parts of some films in the South where I didn't expect certain shots to be shot in a certain way. I wasn't experienced enough; I was very naive. I didn't have the standing of an actor to say that I don't want to do this shot.

It would be prudish to say, 'I don't want to be a prop in a film,' because there are certain films I've loved doing, as I have looked very glamorous in them.

I loved playing Sweetie in 'Mubarakan.' It was chaotic and funny; it was sort of a magnum unfold in a chaotic way.

Work is secondary - for me, what's important is having a close-knit family and having someone you can call family.

I am a public figure, but I am not public property.

When I first started out in Telugu cinema, I signed anything and everything that came my way. I was 18, was immature, and it felt like a good idea that 'Oh, they are paying me a good amount of money.' I was young, naive; I had zero ambition, and honestly, it wasn't my calling.

Marriage isn't important for me. It's just a social announcement where we splurge on feeding a lot of people.

At one point, you start wondering if being talented in Bollywood is enough, or you need connections.

I fell in love with films only two years after working in films.

I'm just going to keep pushing and try and be the best of version that I can be of me.

I think what matters is whatever you do on screen should be good irrespective of the time you have on screen.

When you are working with actors who are secure, who have nothing really to prove, it gets a lot easier working with them.

I think marriage and live-in relationships aren't really different. It is just a piece of paper that separates the two.

You can call me a Mumbai girl since I have spent the first ten years of my life here. Then I shifted to Goa, where I got my first modelling break.

I was only 18 years old when I started acting.

I know that when people ask me about my boyfriend, they're not disrespectful but just curious.