“I am fearlessly independent. I have the courage to go against the tide...” — Deepti Naval Quote

I am fearlessly independent. I have the courage to go against the tide and pay a price for my choices.

I had reached a dead end and that is when I took to trekking which took me to faraway places like Ladakh.

Because I had other means of expressions, I was lucky that I didn't go under and start becoming all convoluted in my head. That can happen, if you're a serious actor and you're here to really be a part of cinema, and when cinema ignores you, it can be devastating.

Every decade there's a new trend of films. Something else is more liked by the audience, something else is more popular.

I think it's in a way my tragedy that people don't see me for the serious roles I have played.

In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic courage and military honor. Later, I realized how death was central to the reality. It was at the core of women's lives. It's what they talked about most.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.