Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Shobana - Page 2

I quit acting because i wasn't enjoying it anymore.

In 'Dancing Drums' I interweave all my mediums into what I like to call, simply as 'trance.'

Wearing heavy jewelry and make-up is a part and parcel of Indian films.

Art is like wine. It gets better with age.

There was a point of time when there wasn't anything new coming to me, but the same old scripts. But, the script of 'Thira' motivated me.

I am dedicated to dancing, and I want to help spread this art form.

I have been very busy in the South and have had the opportunity to work on great films with the best directors.

I always refer to Bharatanatyam as the 'now prevalent form of Bharatanatyam' in my interviews. The style changes from generation to generation.

I do get film offers, but if they are dance teacher kind of roles, I don't take them up.

I'm a person who needs to keep working in a creative chakra all the time. That's what provides me with energy.

You cannot start dancing at the grand old age of 30.

My life keeps changing artistically. What to do? One moment I want to write a film, the second I want to write a musical.

Even when I was busy with acting, dance has always been there. You can't separate the two.

I am a teacher and a mom.

What Bharat Natyam has taught me is to appreciate the smaller things in life.

In 'Dancing Drums,' I've touched on music that largely brings the ethos of religions other than my own together.

I never really thought it was so important to work in Hindi movies.

I wish to excite people with music and dance.

I realized that I didn't know much about Krishna. I wondered how he became an icon. So I met archaeologists and read up more on him.

English is an Indian language. It reaches a wider audience across the country.

It takes a lifetime to master one dance form.

You can't apply the term 'lucrative' to dancing, but it does earn me a decent living.

Look at Sridevi, she dances well in all her films.

There are some facets of Krishna, like his image as a butter thief, a lover and a make-up-loving deity, that people connect with. But there's a lot about him that is unexplored.

I think we all have this special equation with our art where we don't feel the need for anything else; it almost gives you everything. It gives you physical strength, it gives you mental peace.

A lot of my favorite actors do commercial cinema.

For 20 years, I've been running an institute in Chennai where serious dancers from Kerala come with aspirations of becoming professional dancers.

I am who I am because of my experiences, my learnings in this creative world, my travels and meeting new people.

The dance form has been a lifestyle that I was initiated to at an early age. It has been the only constant in my life, like a friend bringing happiness and pain. I cannot imagine living without it.

My life, colored by various art forms, has been exposed to diverse music.

Although I've acted in several films, dancing has always been my passion.

Western influences have turned the world into a small global village, particularly through television and other mediums.

For Krishna to be such an international icon, so to speak, means there are various perspectives on him. Saints, philosophers and historians have their own take on him. While reading about their perspectives, a story took form in my mind and that's how 'Krishna' happened.

I've seen my audience grow over the years, which is good.

I give my students the option of not doing an arangetram or having it in a temple. But some parents still want to organize events that resemble mini weddings.

I have generally loved performing in Pune and in Maharashtra. I find the audience here fun-loving, erudite and honest.

I'm too busy with work to give time to somebody.

My mother would apply castor oil to my lashes every night. That was kind of torturous, because I would wake up with my eyes stuck close. She knew I would thank her years later for my long, curled lashes!

As a storyteller, I realize that because of the inherent abstraction in rhythm, the possible interpretations are plenty. But that only makes the work more challenging.

What one should possess is the ability to carry off a role with panache. Once you do that, you're in.