Kapoor Quotes & Sayings

I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actor. — Ranbir Kapoor

I like wearing beautiful clothes, but that does not translate into my work. People don't like to see me as a glam doll in my movies. My audience and the media love me with two different perceptions. It's a strange, crazy situation. — Sonam Kapoor

I was editing for Kunal Kapoor when I got my first film 'Jaan Tere Naam' as lead actor. — Ronit Roy

I don't want to have anything to say, it just gets in the way. I think the journey of an artist is a journey of discovery and some engagements with paint, with the nature of material, with bodily things ... One wants to open the story, not close it. — Anish Kapoor

I feel there's everything to do yet. — Anish Kapoor

India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child. — Karisma Kapoor

Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well. — Ranbir Kapoor

My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmopolitan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress. There is nothing else I would do rather than being an actor. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

We live in a fractured world. I've always seen it as my role as an artist to attempt to make wholeness. — Anish Kapoor

I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

I like to dress up every day, so I think fashion is an everyday process. — Karisma Kapoor

Promotions are the worst part of making a movie. We are actors and not salesmen. Still, you have to go to so many places to try and sell the movie. — Ranbir Kapoor

The chemistry of a pair on screen is known only when the audience reacts to it. — Ranbir Kapoor

The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead. — Ranbir Kapoor

My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood. — Karisma Kapoor

Look Below and You'll feel Rich,
Look Above and You'll feel Poor — Vineet Raj Kapoor

What one does in the studio is to pose a series of problems to oneself. I've got to look for some deeper meaning, for some reason for this thing to be in the world. There's enough stuff in the world. — Anish Kapoor

Maids in India have egos. Big egos. They do not like being spoken to curtly, and they do not like to be abruptly instructed by a woman they do not know. They come with the feeling that they already know everything. So while training them to do things your way, speak gently, and when they do it right, appreciate it. — Karisma Kapoor

One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every day, spend one's life making aesthetic propositions. What an immense luxury. — Anish Kapoor

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

Money has never been my drive. I have never seen the shortage of money in my life, so for me, I don't want to buy a silk pillow or a private jet ... My drive is to achieve more than what my grandfather achieved; my drive is to make a name for myself, get rid of this 'star son' tag that has been attached to me. — Ranbir Kapoor

Happiness is not the Achievement of Dreams.
It is the Path to Dreams. — Vineet Raj Kapoor

Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic to the form. — Anish Kapoor

Is it my role as an artist to say something, to express, to be expressive? I think it's my role as an artist to bring to expression, it's not my role to be expressive. — Anish Kapoor

You are a Hero. Be Heroic. Always. — Vineet Raj Kapoor

I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work. — Karisma Kapoor

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years, and the exotic is much more acceptable. There are many artists now, younger artists, who work out of the exotic. — Anish Kapoor

You tend to understand yourself a little better after each role you play. There's somewhat of a self-discovery. — Shahid Kapoor

I am naive when it comes to love, you know what I mean? I do believe in falling in love at first sight and things like that. — Sonam Kapoor

All ideas grow out of other ideas. — Anish Kapoor

Today what is more important for me is performance. At the risk of sounding immodest, I have done it all - 61 movies over 12 years. But now I am looking for quality. It's easy to be a star. Now I want to be an actress. — Karisma Kapoor

Im a fan of both (Hrithik Roshan & Katrina Kaif). They look so hot together, who wouldnt want to watch them on screen? — Shraddha Kapoor

I love being called a fashion icon! — Sonam Kapoor

A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate is something that is resident in me already. — Anish Kapoor

No Student can stand the Gruel of Sports Training unless she has a Passion for Fame. — Vineet Raj Kapoor

Reading has made me more open, has improved my understanding, and has made me a better artiste, but it also makes me live in my own bubble. My mom keeps asking me, 'What do you read in that room the whole day?' Once I am into a book, I will finish it. — Sonam Kapoor

I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids. — Karisma Kapoor

I'm not producing movies to make money — Ranbir Kapoor

It's unarguable that the right shoes can really add elegance to an outfit and to the person who's wearing them. Take a pair of high heels, for instance. Suddenly, you're looking taller, shoulders back, body curved. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

One needs to constantly read up, practice and work, irrespective of your profession. If I feel as an actor that I know everything, then how will I to grow? How will I improve? I'll be stuck in a rut, and eventually I'll grow complacent. — Sonam Kapoor

I think every single imperfection adds to your beauty. I'd rather be imperfect than perfect. — Sonam Kapoor

If one is talking about sculpture then scale and skin is everything, — Anish Kapoor

It makes me happy that people recognise me and want to click pictures with me. But sometimes, I want to be a common person. I want to go to a coffee shop and just chill. I miss driving my car with the windows rolled down. — Sonam Kapoor

My parents find me hilarious. They don't pull me up for anything because I'm a good daughter. I stay at home, don't party too much, people don't talk about my affairs or that I am unprofessional. In fact, people tell my parents that I'm so well-brought up. Yes, I tend to shoot my mouth off, but they don't pull me up for that. — Sonam Kapoor

It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes. But I haven't manipulated anyone because if you think from the heart, you cannot be calculative. I have spent nights crying. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

If you're not good looking, you're considered a good actor, you know what I mean? — Sonam Kapoor

Once, in a magazine interview, I said the difference between shoe ladies and bag ladies is that shoe ladies are just a bit classier. Finished! That started World War III among all the women I knew. I only meant that shoes do more for your look and body than bags do! — Kareena Kapoor Khan

On the set of Besharam I had to refrain from smoking, out of respect for my parents — Ranbir Kapoor

I like to save people, to take care of them ... So, the pattern is that I date guys before they become big, and then they become successful and - whoops - there goes my project! — Sonam Kapoor

The Day We Let Our Convictions Define Our Life Rather Than Our Insecurities, Our True Journey
Begins. — Shahid Kapoor

I don't care about controversies. I am a young woman with an opinion about certain things. I can't be diplomatic. I am a feminist, and as long as I can be the voice of hundreds of girls out there, I will speak my mind. I don't care what other people think. — Sonam Kapoor

You marry out of free will. If I marry, it will be from a personal choice, not some social compulsion or norm. — Sonam Kapoor

I try to shield my children as far as possible from the public glare. I want them to have a normal childhood like we had. We went to school by the school bus, had school food ... There was no special treatment given to us. The same applies to my children as well. — Karisma Kapoor

When you do good work, people will notice you. — Ram Kapoor

It feels bad when a film doesn't work; everyone puts in a lot of effort to make a movie. The positive side to failure - they make me work harder. — Shahid Kapoor

I'm not a birthday person. Maybe because I don't like to build expectations around that one day. You never know how it'll turn out to be. — Ranbir Kapoor

Becoming a mother has been the best experience of my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. — Karisma Kapoor

I want lot of luck and want all my films to be really super hits. I don't want to hear that the film is not good, but you did a good job. I am tired of hearing that. I am hoping for little luck so that my films do really well. — Shahid Kapoor

I feel the symbolic world is the nub of a problem for an artist. — Anish Kapoor

Depression is a Virus,
handling it Once, Builds Your Immunity to it. — Vineet Raj Kapoor

One should eat everything especially healthy and not junk food. I don't like the idea of starving. I would eat and burn it out in gym. The amount of intake is what matters. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

Just do what you believe in, and success will follow. — Karisma Kapoor

I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you. — Karisma Kapoor

The Kapoor surname has legend, a passion for acting, respect and love attached to it. And I am very proud of that. — Karisma Kapoor

I don't go by trends. I wear what I am comfortable in and what suits me. It is never about what is 'in' and what is 'out'. My personal sense of style spells 'comfort'. — Karisma Kapoor

I don't compete with actresses; I only compete with heroes. — Sonam Kapoor

I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping. It's ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a filmmaking industry as actors, directors, producers, singers, musicians. Everybody just pushing the boundaries. — Ranbir Kapoor

The most important things that one's working on are not necessarily the most important things that one thinks one's working on. — Anish Kapoor

Art reflects society. Cinema doesn't dictate - you portray what the society demands. — Sonam Kapoor

The amount of time you invest in a film is not directly proportional to its success. — Shahid Kapoor

Opposites generally create intense chemistry. There are more chances of fireworks when different people are together than similar personalities. — Sonam Kapoor

I got an e-mail from Venkat Kapoor: Mark, some answers to your earlier questions: No, we will not tell our Botany Team to "Go fuck themselves. — Andy Weir

I am someone who actually jumps headlong into everything and anything. I am not one of those people who likes to be scared; instead I have a tendency to be very, very open to everything. I really live; I love life. — Sonam Kapoor

I felt sad for my "actual boss" who was too hard-pressed under his mom's weight. — Ankita Kapoor

It's unfortunate when people say you can't wear skirts or do item numbers, or a girl can't dress in a certain way. Are we going back to dark ages? — Sonam Kapoor

There are hits and misses, and as an actress, we are mentally ready for all that. — Karisma Kapoor

Attachment is your biggest strength and your biggest weakness. Though it gives you the power to love someone more than yourself, it becomes difficult to live when you lose something you are attached to. Even when we have lost, we should go beyond that and get truly attached to someone. Loving someone truly is the most beautiful feeling. — Shahid Kapoor

Anushka Sharma is a dear friend; as is Jacqueline Fernandez. They always stand by me for support when it's needed — Sonam Kapoor

I, in the end, make art for myself. — Anish Kapoor

I cannot do a film I don't believe in, however safe it might be. — Shahid Kapoor

I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

I have always been in a relationship. I don't remember the time when I wasn't in one — Kareena Kapoor

Style is all about being comfortable. I don't believe in following a style because it is a trend. I need to be comfortable in my clothes. — Sonam Kapoor

It is important to be well read, at least a little bit. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death. — Raj Kapoor

I have never been vain. I don't take myself seriously. I don't consider myself sexy or good-looking. — Ranbir Kapoor

At the end, it's your movie and your performance that stands out. So if I am a good actor, and if am being part of good entertaining engaging films, audiences will like me. — Ranbir Kapoor

I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy. — Ranbir Kapoor

It's not okay to be fat - not because of the way you look, but because it's unhealthy. I have experienced hormonal problems, bad skin, immense laziness, and back and knee pain. It's not fine to be too fat or too thin! Anything in extremes is wrong. I am afraid of putting on weight because I don't want to develop health problems. — Sonam Kapoor

As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say, 'Don't write about this.' I am an actor; I am a public property. I don't own myself; public owns me. — Ranbir Kapoor

There is always that one person in our lives who we deeply love, and that person can also destroy us. — Ranbir Kapoor

I love doing yoga and also enjoy going for regular walks. — Karisma Kapoor

I used to be in my own world and keep to myself all the time, so there may have been a perception about my reserved demeanour that was misconstrued as arrogance. But when people interact with you, then they know the real you. — Shahid Kapoor

Acting is like driving; you can never forget it, and it's in my blood. — Karisma Kapoor

I think 'Heroine' was Kareena Kapoor's best ever role of her career. — Madhur Bhandarkar

I'm the worst liar in the world. — Sonam Kapoor

One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea and now I'm going to go and carry it out. Almost all art that's made like that doesn't go anywhere. — Anish Kapoor

'Ek Main Aur Ek Tu' was a very special film for me. Imran and we complement each other very well. He is sugar, and I am spice. — Kareena Kapoor Khan

A Woman who let out a Sigh Outside a Mansion, should Never ask her Husband Why He Works Late — Vineet Raj Kapoor

I'm honest. If someone asks about my weight loss, I tell them I have five people working on me, plus there's Photoshop. I tell them I can't eat everything and look good. I was unhealthy when I was fat, and now I'm a normal body type. I'm not special; I'm just an actress, and boys and girls are intelligent enough to recognise that. — Sonam Kapoor