Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Sharmila Tagore - Page 2
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian actress Sharmila Tagore.
Last updated on April 20, 2025.
There was a time in my life when I used the word 'crap' regularly and unthinkingly.
It's been a great advantage and a privilege to have the Tagore surname. Wherever you go, you are recognised.
Some may want to be a homemaker and some want to follow other careers and they should be allowed. If we want to be different we should be different and we should be allowed to be different.
On the sets, I am just an actress, and I am okay with whoever I am working with.
You should lead your own life, do what you have to. If people recognize you, it gives you support. If they don't, how does it matter?
What is my truth can not be your truth.
To me, Satyajit Ray is just Manik da. Our relationship dates back to 1958, when he introduced me to the silver screen. I was just 13.
Bengal's indigenous art and craft is widely popular throughout the world.
I don't think that cinema is bigger than family as an institution.
We are a layered society, so what may be taken easily by an urban audience may not go down well with those watching the same film in suburban areas.
There should be no hindrance to what we want to do, what we want to wear, what we think and how we want to travel. Do what you want to do as long as you are not breaking any law.
Parents should be told that if they invest in the education and upbringing of a girl child, she will also make contributions for the family and society.
I'm an actor by choice and I love facing the camera. There's a little bit of exhibitionism in all of us. We like the limelight.
One cannot afford to be nostalgic about the past and cling onto it.
The craze for the 'taant er sari,' terracotta pottery or Bengal jewellery will never wane because Bengal portrays unparalleled diversity.
The best encouragement is when your films run and people who watch it say 'Well done.'
I dropped out of college before graduation. I opted to begin work as an actress.
A Tagore surname signifies an association with aesthetics and all the best things of life. It's enriching both personally and professionally.
Change is the only constant in this unsteady world.
To be awarded with an honour of the stature of a Padma Bhushan, which is deemed as one of the three highest civilian awards in our country, is just gratifying.
I live by my own values and if I'm appreciated for the qualities I value, that is enough for me.
I follow my heart and I do what I want to.
I was brought up in a Bengali family. We were three girls and never made to feel any lesser than men.
I had loved Tiger for 47 years, was married to him for almost 43. We didn't make it to 50. But it was a memorable partnership; certainly, an enriching one for me.
Sometimes I do everything and then there are times when I don't want to do anything at all.Most importantly , I don't do anything that I don't want to do.
If you seek learning, it meets you somewhere down the road.
I studied music at Dakhhini.
I don't have any problem in working.
I wanted to change my image. That's why I did 'Aradhana.'