Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Rekha - Page 2

I can't cheat on my performances. For me my films are like my babies. I nurture them and look after them like a mother. I can't play truant from shooting even for a day. When I agree to do a film I am with it all the way.

Besides gardening, I love to sketch and to sing.

My last two scenes in 'Yatra' were memorable in the sense that I had ample scope for emoting.

By nature, I am very simple. It's a very big luxury to be simple.

People say a wife is always one-up because she has the man. I say the 'other woman' is ten-up because the man wants her in spite of having a wife.

I follow my own mind and judgment.

I believe in doing what I want to as long as I do not trample over someone else's happiness.

Coming to this industry was not my choice but I am glad it happened... I think it was well worth it.

What's the point in prolonging a relationship which has no future?

I was determined to make it big on sheer merit.

Yes, I find it therapeutic to clean my vessels and polish them. I like to water my plants and clean all the artefacts in my house.

I was called the 'Ugly Duckling' of Hindi films because of my dark complexion and south Indian features.

For me, joy is eating home-cooked payasam in a bowl that I have cleaned and polished myself.

If a marriage doesn't work, you can't do anything about it. I am not the kind who'll stick on under false pretences.

I feel that whatever God gives you, happiness or sadness, there is a motive behind it.

I never hired a PR agency in my life, nor do I believe in promoting and marketing my films.

I feel a lot on the inside, but I am shy and do not express myself too easily.

I'm ready to try anything. It's not the length of the role or that I won't play a mother.

I never speak about my films. By talking about an issue, we tend to trivialise it.

I never talk about my roles because I want my work to do the talking.

Our Indian way of looking at emotions is different.

I don't think I need to stand on a podium and say what kind of performance I've given in 'Yatra' or any other film.

I have the ability to make my fantasies come true.

For me movies are the medium through which I connect with people.

Lots of people feel that I am a fake. But I know that my smile and twinkle exist, reflecting the glow of my creator.

Forming a good habit early in life is very important as it goes on to become your nature.

If you ask me to assess myself, I'm an okay actress and a good human being. But I'm not content.

I am vegetarian, an eggetarian rather... because of its proteins.

Whatever was given to me, I respected it, I valued it and I relished it and with me, the entire world relished it.

People ask me about the way I conduct my life. Sorry, beautiful music is conducted... Lives cannot be conducted.

I want to do something that is really me. Money is not a reason to do it.

It was during 'Khoon Bhari Maang' that I realised that I can only become an actor and nothing else.

I know what kind of impact I have on people.

Every film I do is mine.

If I see a certain faults in people, I know there will be more faults in me as well. I'd rather focus on how I should work on my faults.

I don't know anything about awards, I really don't.

One thing is for sure I do not believe in dreaming and for me reality is more fascinating than fantasy.

I have always had complete faith in the Almighty. But there are times when I question His actions. I do that very rarely, because I am an absolute believer in destiny.

I seriously think Bachchan is more Bengali than any one I know. He's a true Bengali dada. And I'm not saying that because he has a Bengali wife or has spent time in Kolkata. There's more of Rabindranath Tagore's legacy in him than anyone else.

The audience will never tear Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan apart in their memory.