Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Mahira Khan
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Pakistani actress Mahira Khan.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
Shah Rukh Khan is magic, really, honestly. He spoilt me for life. There's nothing you can't talk to him about, and we've had amazing conversations.
I don't even have time to buy clothes.
My first priority is my child.
I actually never wanted to be a VJ. Never. It just so happened that I became a VJ, and I was actually kind of like, 'I don't want to be a VJ. I want to be in the movies.' So yeah, I always wanted to be an actor.
When 'Humsafar' did well, every single person associated with it shined. Its DoP [Director of Photography], Shehzad Kashmiri, went on to become a huge director. So, a good and successful project just blesses everybody.
Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.
I work with the same dedication and zeal in all my projects, but 'Raees' is very special.
I am human. I make mistakes.
I'd love to work with Vishal Bhardwaj and Imtiaz Ali.
As a child, I used to steal Indian film magazines.
I've suffered from anxiety and a lot of other things.
I was a dreamer, and I still am one.
Once I did a film like 'Verna,' which was emotionally draining, I knew I needed to do something lighter and entertaining.
It doesn't matter how I conduct myself or what I wear or how I speak or where I sit or what I do. That does not allow anybody to harass me.
I have dealt with criticism from my first drama, and I think that is a part of our profession. It brings me down but definitely pushes me to do better.
I don't want to be close to politics.
I do feel it's tougher to make a comic scene work than performing an intense scene, for example.
The success of 'Humsafar' comes with an added responsibility that whatever I do next has to be as good if not better, and I also don't want to miss out on my son's growing up years.
I know it's easy to say the box-office numbers doesn't matter, but the reality is it actually does.
I am an anomaly in my country. I hope, in the coming years, there will be more women like me.
People have asked me about what it's like to work in Pakistan and abroad. It's such a healthy cultural exchange.
My directors are always more confident about me doing a role than I am.
Now, I realise that love is peace. Love is when you are with somebody, and it's okay, and you don't have to talk. Their presence is important.
My understanding is the day I start looking at myself as a star is the day I will die as an actor.
I can't work in Indian serials, as they are too long... they run for years.
The price of wisdom is innocence. So, I have definitely become wiser but sadly a little less innocent.
When we show our flaws, we show the world that we don't look pretty all the time.
I was shooting for 'Bin Roy' and 'Ho Mann Jahaan' simultaneously.
Good films with great content is what I dream about.
I loved 'Highway.' It was amazing. I have watched Imtiaz Ali's other films, too, and he is one of my favourite Bollywood directors, besides Vishal Bhardwaj and Mani Ratnam.
It isn't easy to break into Bollywood. But that's not my goal.
I've been travelling, returning home for promotional appearances, and juggling it all with being the mother of a five-year-old.
I have a lot of respect for actors who do comedy. They do it naturally.
I've always been sensitive and over-emotional.
I honestly didn't know how well Bin Roye would fare with audiences. I couldn't be indifferent while watching it. I kept seeing tiny nuances that I could have changed with my role.
I'm doing 'Maula Jutt 2,' which is a Punjabi film. For me, it's a new experience because I have never spoken Punjabi, and I hope everyone is going to love it.
Your life could be falling apart, but for your audience, you have to put up a show.
If it were up to me, I would wear a peshwas and a gharara everywhere.
Life is such a beautiful thing. When you sit for a moment during the day and live that particular moment, everything seems perfect.
I wish I had gone to Cannes with a film, but I had gone there for L'Oreal Pakistan. I cannot tell you the people that I was around, from Helen Mirren to Jane Fonda. It was a proud moment on the red carpet when they announced my name and said 'Mahira Khan from Pakistan.'
Every character is challenging because, at the end of the day, you have to make something out of it.
I am very much open to Bollywood and would love to work in great stories.
I believe in one thing, and that is content, because if your content is strong, the film will surely be hit at the box office.
I'm the poster child for cyber bullying. It's hurtful.
Empowering women with better education, being sensitive towards their wellbeing, health, happiness, ensuring equal opportunities, and respecting their rights will go a long way in transforming Pakistan.
Failure is knowledge, and knowledge is success.
Everyone goes through things; everyone has a story. That's why strangers are so interesting. I don't find a single human being boring, man.
I want every single person to like my work.
Like every woman, I do have a #MeToo story, but if somebody wants to share something personal, they should do it when they want to, not because there is a movement or someone else is talking about it.
I do only one film at a time.
My parents were like these hippies almost: they are free-spirited, but they were also strict - which seems like a weird dynamic - but it worked.
We cannot base our judgment on binaries such as a person's gender.
When you put so much effort and hard work in a project, you wish to see the results.
After 'Raees,' I used to wonder how I'd feel working on another film and to do this and still enjoy it - I know now I like acting; I enjoy it.
The fact is I've always been such a big Bollywood fan, from the time I was very young. I remember I'd watch new Bollywood films every Thursday night on a video cassette.
No matter how tough my life was, I was always looking up at the sky and wishing for good things.
After watching Guru Dutt's films, I became a huge fan of Sahir Ludhianvi's poetry and the songs of Guru Dutt's films.
I have been lucky with the people that I've worked with - and I have worked with very few people.
I just want to do the best work wherever I go. It could be here in Pakistan or India or anywhere else.
I romanticise every moment of my life, and that is why I have fallen in love with life.
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