“It is good that in our TV industry, stories revolve around female char...” — Himani Shivpuri Quote

“It is good that in our TV industry, stories revolve around female characters more than male characters but there should be no sex war.”

“One day, I got a call from Aditya Chopra and he said, 'Ma'am, I am Aditya Chopra speaking, Yash Chopra ji's son. I am making a film and I have a role for you.' I was so simple at that time, I told him, 'Ya fine, I am shooting at Noor Mahal bungalow, you come and meet me there.'”

“Today if any actor says that he has done theatre before, he is considered to be a good one, which is ridiculous.”

“Something happened to me when I wrote female characters in my early plays; it was a real liberation.”

“I have been very lucky that I never got typecast while playing female characters.”

“I think that there are a lot of male writers and directors in Hollywood, and a lot of the female characters you do see are really one-dimensional, but I think that's changing more and more as there are more women taking control in Hollywood.”