Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Soha Ali Khan - Page 2

I don't have a manager or a publicist and am hardly seen at film parties. I am not ambitious.

I know a Bollywood actress' tenure is limited.

The family you are born into is by chance and I am fortunate to be born into this family and be connected to some really cool people.

Being a parent, is without any doubt, one of the most difficult things that you can do in life.

When we decide to bring a child to this world, as a parent, it becomes a responsibility to build a good healthy body by inculcating some of the good habits in the child.

The thought of marriage makes me weak.

Being the youngest sibling, I've always been the most pampered child.

I am the youngest in my family, and have never been responsible for anyone else.

Mom gives me advice every single day, about how I'm not eating regularly enough, not sleeping enough, that I need to look after my skin, I shouldn't colour my hair, my eyebrows are too thin, etc. Most of her advice I discard, especially the thin eyebrows part.

Childhood is all about innocence. Being constantly surrounded by cameras and shutterbugs, makes children lose that innocence. It's terrifying and worrying, to say the least.

Children always tend to imitate everything that we are doing in front of them.

As women, our identity becomes subsumed by the fact that we are wives, daughters and mothers, and that becomes our all-encompassing identity. It happens with women because we are naturally driven towards being caretakers and being sacrificing.

Iodine has an incredible effect on the development of a child, during pregnancy and afterwards as well. Iodine is one of the micronutrients that the body does not produce or retain. Therefore we need to have iodize salt.

Our minds are slowly changing and men are taking up larger roles at home, while women are doing the same at the workplace.

I think it is important to do good work and last longer than to do lot of work and burn out quickly.

My career is important but it's not the be-all and end-all of my life.

There are some people who leave a lifelong impact on you. Gayatri Devi, whom we remember as Princess Ayesha of Cooch Behar, is one such persona I will admire all my life.

Motherhood has changed me completely; you are not in control of yourself.

For me, luxury is subjective.

My mother always told me never offend a man's ego and never hurt a woman's emotions - an advice I will not forget to pass on to my daughter.

When you become a mother, you respect your mother so much more.

I'm a creature of habit and prefer spending time with the people who matter to me.

Being in the limelight has made me more fashion forward because I am under constant scrutiny. So, I have no choice but to be fashion conscious but otherwise I am not so much into it.

I identify my humour quotient with that of my father's. He used to love British comedies. Also, when it comes to fitness, my father was a sportsman and I too was into sports as a child.

I know how difficult it is to be an actor and work and then have to look after your personal life.

While I do think that good health, skin and hair has a lot to do with genetics, so I do have my parents to thank for it, but I do make it a point to drink lots and lots of water.

It was only after moving to Mumbai that I was completely seduced by Bollywood.

I am quite comfortable in my own skin and I am also a secure person.

I've seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor's performance.

I want to enjoy work and enjoy my life. I can't get stressed with competition.

I am not a responsible person.

Some films are aspirational. But there is room for stories which don't have a beginning or end.

I can be a different person at different moments. I may sound chatty and friendly but that could really be a reserved person trying hard not to appear to be an introvert.

If I can do it, men can certainly do it. It's interesting now to talk about equality in the home and involving men in household chores such that women don't have to over extend themselves doing both her job and coming home and doing all the household chores. So, that kind of sharing the load is something that I have seen in my family growing up.

I have always said some of the finest filmmakers in the country have come out of Bengal.

We are a family that likes to keep things abreast about what's happening in the country so dinner table conversations revolve around Social, political, films... a bit of everything. Films we talk about the least in fact.

My favourite food actually is chocolate cake. I need to have a slice of chocolate cake every single day, without fail.

When I was born, mom wasn't doing films at all, so I was never exposed that much to the world of acting.

I don't believe in doing 20 films a years and being on number one, number five or anything that kind.

I studied in London, so I was high street fashion conscious. For me it was more about fitting in rather than standing out.