“Look at poor Nirupa Roy. She got substantial roles, but at 30 they mad...” — Shabana Azmi Quote

“Look at poor Nirupa Roy. She got substantial roles, but at 30 they made her put grey in her hair. And Achala Sachdev was all of 16 when she played 60. She quit because she got nightmares about dropping a thali and screaming, 'Nahin!' You know an actor or any other human being needs to be comfortable in her space at whatever age she is.”

“Hindi cinema needs to make working women and women of substance more visible.”

“Until the age of 19, I lived in the Communist Party commune where eight families lived in 180 to 200 square feet of space. In that world, social justice was a given. We grew up valuing that.”

“I've been trying to write since 1998 after dropping out of Visual Communication from Loyola. My parents have been supportive.”

“I worked in Syria on the front lines, and you hear the plane, you hear the shell is dropping, you realize it's not on you - 'Good' - and then you see the patients coming in and take care of them. And then you have down time. With Ebola, it seems there's no down time. It seems you're always at the front line; you're always exposed.”

“I need to make the play. No more dropping the ball.”