Nithya Menen Quotes

I was honoured to work with Amol Gupte. He is a brilliant person.

- Nithya Menen

Work, Person, Brilliant, Honoured

When I first heard the 'Urumi' script, I was surprised, shocked, and excited. It was a strong script with a reference to the past. It had fact mixed with fiction. To incorporate facts into a film and introduce fictional characters was interesting. I loved the script.

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Strong, Fact, Fiction, Introduce

Journalism is not what it used to be. I thought it was an important job, but it is not. I'm idealistic, and it pretty much upsets me that negativity sells and that even if I wanted to tell the truth, I wouldn't be able to if my boss does not okay it.

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Boss, Thought, Tell, Idealistic

I studied journalism and was idealistic as a student. In course of time, I learnt that there's a lot of politics, and it's not easy to put forth your point of view as an investigative journalist.

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Politics, Student, Studied, Idealistic

When they say 'action,' I am into it completely and forget everything around. When they say 'cut,' I am back to myself.

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Myself, Back, Cut, I Am Back

I am not very fond of spotlight or even, for that matter, money. I appreciate the small things that give me joy. The most precious forms of happiness often come from things that money cannot buy.

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Small, Buy, Very, Give Me

I've no apprehensions and inhibitions as an actor.

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Actor, Inhibitions, Apprehension

I've never wanted to be an actress. I came into the industry to be a filmmaker, but let us say fate had other plans for me. I don't want to be the next glamour queen.

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Next, Other, Actress, Glamour

Your heart and your instincts are far more reliable than your brain. When you follow your heart, you can be sure you won't regret it later. Even if you calculate your every move, it's not like life ever goes according to plan.

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Regret, Your, According, Instincts

For me, it is not about being a part of a hit or a flop. Films are about friends, learning, and experiences. Certain films give me happiness.

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Give, Part, Films, Flop

I am not bothered about if my role in a film is small or big. Because if the character I am offered is sensible, I would do it even if it is small.

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Small, Big, Role, Sensible

Initially, I was a bit hesitant to do the role in 'MTP,' as it was a very serious and aching subject.

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Role, Very, Aching, Hesitant

I'm not really interested in doing a Bollywood film.

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Doing, Film, Interested, Bollywood

I'm serious, in general, and I guess I cling onto the little freedom I have offscreen. Having said that, I am funny and, at the same time, detached from a lot of things in life.

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Having, Same Time, Am, Cling

I don't enjoy public attention. I don't like being recognised, being clicked, or being written about. But then it is destiny. I am just going with the flow.

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Destiny, Like, Going, Flow

I must tell you that Telugu film industry is one of the most comfortable places I found a woman can be. They do make a lot of mass films, but from my experience as an actor, I can tell you that people are very nice and welcoming. In fact, it's slightly more difficult in other places.

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Other, Very, Slightly, Film Industry

I wanted to do journalism, as I was an idealist. Then, in my second year of journalism, I realized that in real life, things don't work the way you expect them to. I realized that I could express my ideas better through films.

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Year, Through, Express, Idealist

I studied journalism, though I never really became a scribe.

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Never, Became, Though, Journalism

All of us just go to college and waste our time and to pass our exams. So just learning journalism does not mean I'm good at it or any of the journalists are, either. There is no difference; it's just class, and it's just college.

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Learning, College, Our, Journalism

After I finished my degree in Mass Communication in Manipal, I enrolled for a cinematography course in Pune Film Institute. That is when Nandini Reddy, the director of 'Ala Modalaindi,' convinced me to act.

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Degree, Director, Mass, Cinematography

My cinema is of a different kind: give me a good meaty role instead of two or three songs and running around in foreign locations wearing itsy-bitsy costumes. I'm clear and focussed about my priorities.

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Role, Different Kind, About, Costumes

I'll never forget the dance number that I shot with Anushka. The choreography involved a lot of intricate dance moves. I'm at least 7 inches shorter than Anushka, so I had to wear the highest heels I've ever worn in my life; throughout the song, I even injured my knee a couple of times.

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My Life, Couple, Least, Choreography

Films were always there at the back of my mind. I would try to move away, but films kept coming to me. I would do movies for friends. I guess some things are meant to be!

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Always, Meant, Films, Meant To Be

Being an actress does not mean that each thing that happens in my life has to be news or meant to be shared with others. Acting is a profession, and once I leave the sets, I want to be left alone.

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News, Profession, Meant, Meant To Be

I don't like this concept of second role, small role. It is a story, at the end of the day. If I am suitable for a character, I am glad to reflect that through my choice of films.

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Small, Through, Films, Suitable

The Malayalam audience knows me as an art film actress, and I am fine with that because I know that such films come from the heart. It's difficult to do them, but the satisfaction you get is immense.

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Me, Get, Fine, Immense

If you worry too much, it shows in your acting, and it ceases to be effortless.

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Worry, Shows, Effortless, Ceases

Even though my family was accepting of an unusual career, cinema, my journey in it has still been a tough one.

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Career, Been, Still, Accepting

The second you become an actress, people take the licence to make many assumptions about you. You're in trouble if you interact with a director/actor. You're in even more trouble if you don't. When I started out, a single YouTube comment would make me sad for days, and I'd wonder how people could say such nasty things about me.

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YouTube, About, Interact, Comment

I don't like the idea of being connected to the world all the time. One should have space and time for oneself.

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Like, Idea, Being, Space And Time

Soundarya was always respected, and she is looked at in a certain way that I always would like to be looked upon as an actress.

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Always, Certain Way, Actress, Respected

I am not intellectually choosy. My choice of films reflect who I am, but it is not done with strategy and planning. I hear something and go by my intuition.

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Go, Intellectually, Films, Strategy

I am not an actress who only wants to do lead roles.

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I Am, Actress, Roles, Lead Roles

Acting was not on my agenda. It just happened by chance. I always wanted to be involved in wildlife protection or maybe surrounded by kids. I love animals and children.

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Love, Always, Surrounded, Agenda

Acting is emotionally draining, so I make it a point to not do anything when I am home.

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I Am, Emotionally, Am, Draining

I'm really fond of P. C. Sreeram, and we got along quite well on the sets of 'Ishq.'

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Along, Sets, Quite, Fond

I have met fantastic men in my life and horrible women. I have also met some amazing women and terrible men. I have seen women who are sexists.

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My Life, Some, Also, Terrible

I don't think I am really awesome. I think I have basic qualification to be an actor.

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Think, Awesome, Actor, Qualification

I'm not insecure. Give me a good role, and I'll perform even for a multi-starrer with half a dozen other heroines!

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Give, Other, Role, Insecure

I'm often asked how I portray the roles I play so convincingly and express so much through my eyes. Quite frankly, I don't know how to explain that. I guess it's about who I'm as a person; I radiate it through my eyes.

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Play, Through, Explain, Quite Frankly

It doesn't feel great to be compared to Genelia or anyone. I don't want to be compared, and I would like to think I am different.

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Think, Want, Like, Compared

My part as an actor ends on the last working day. I think the success or failure only really matters to the producer or whoever it matters to. For me, when I finish the film, I'm done, and if I'm happy, that's that.

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Happy, I Think, Part, Producer

I was eight years old when I was offered a film. And before I knew it, I was acting in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu movies.

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Old, Knew, Before, Telugu

I felt very comfortable working with Jr. NTR. We immediately broke the ice almost the first day. I always found him very down to earth.

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Always, Broke, Very, Down To Earth

I am not sure for how long I'll stick to this industry. Acting is just a part of my nomadic life.

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Industry, Sure, Part, Nomadic

I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small one does not bother me at all. What matters is that I should have a rapport with the director.

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Small, Think, Very, Rapport

'180' is a romantic film, but I don't think it can be classified as a fluffy love story. It is a wonderful story with a script that is layered and more complex than the normal ones.

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Love, Think, Normal, Classified

As long as I know what I'm playing, I shouldn't concern myself with others' footage.

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Myself, Know, Footage, Concern

I don't sing professionally; I sing because people who make my films want me to sing. So, as long as they want me to croon in the film, I will sing.

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Want, Will, Films, Professionally

I don't belong to any social network, and I don't even message much. In fact, most of the time, I don't even use my mobile phone.

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Fact, Belong, Social, Phone

As an actor, it's really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

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Play, Which, Actual, Challenging

I will not accept a role just because a big hero stars in it. I am not here to merely dance, run around trees, and be a glam doll.

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Big, Here, Glam, Dance

Had acting not taken off, I would've been glad to become a teacher.

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Teacher, Been, Taken, Glad

If something has not been part of your dreams or ambitions, then you are not awestruck by it.

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Dreams, Been, Part, Your Dreams

I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.

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Destiny, Think, However, Seriously

It's not in every film that you connect to the role.

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Film, Role, Every, Connect

I've been blissfully ignorant about the result of my films and don't get swayed by success or failure.

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Been, Films, Swayed, Ignorant

For me, a story has to have characters, and my role should be meaningful. At the end of the day, people should say that they like my performance.

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End Of The Day, Role, Like, Meaningful

I fell in love at 18 when I was in college, and that's probably why I know what it's like to be in love, and I can express it in a better way.

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Love, College, Like, Better Way

I draw inspiration from everything I've seen and been through. My life has been my biggest teacher.

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My Life, Through, Been, Draw

At one point, I wanted to be a wildlife photographer. I also love to travel, so maybe I'd do travel writing.

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Love, Maybe, Also, Wildlife

People in Andhra Pradesh treat me like a girl next door after 'Ala Modalaindi.' I feel at home here.

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Door, Next, Here, Next Door

Nobody goes to college and learns anything.

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College, Nobody, Goes, Learns

Acting was never planned.

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Acting, Never, Planned

After I did 'Ala Modalaindi,' I wanted to prove that a girl can also carry a film on her own.

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Own, Prove, Also, Carry

As an actress, I should be able to do all types of roles.

- Nithya Menen

Actress, Able, Roles, Types

Working with a good artiste is always a pleasure. If you get a reaction from your co-star, then you get the space to perform well.

- Nithya Menen

Pleasure, Always, Artiste, Reaction

I don't think I need to do a big-ticket film to be considered a big actress.

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Think, Big, Need, Actress

I think they call every actress 'bubbly' most of the time!

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Think, Call, Most, Actress

Having a good actor as co-star is always a pleasure, as it gives you space to perform. It's nice to work with nice actors.

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Pleasure, Always, Having, Perform

I don't prepare for any role. I go on the sets and do it.

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Prepare, Go, Role, Sets

I am just an actor, and this is my job. What I am doing is not extraordinary.

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I Am, Doing, Actor, Extraordinary

I am not a trained singer, but I love to sing.

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Love, I Am, I Love, Singer

I don't see gender when I look at the world.

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World, Look, See, Gender

I love being part of this industry, but at the end of the day, it is a job, and I like to have a life beyond films.

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Love, Like, Films, End Of The Day

I've been working in three-four languages. I'm happy to do it.

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Happy, Working, Been, Languages

We should be actors rather than trying to be a lead; it will create a healthier atmosphere.

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Will, Rather, Healthier, Atmosphere

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