Quotes from Amyra Dastur

Luckily for me, I get a lot of acting-oriented scripts.

I am obsessed with silver jewellery, so I visited the Johri Bazar, which is famous for it and bought a lot of silver rings, earrings and pendants.

I was named after my paternal grandmother, my dadi. She died before I was born, which is why my parents named me Amy.

It is so hard to be patient and wait for the right script to come your way.

I'm a big fan of RGV and I adore Amala Akkineni.

Family means a lot to me as I come from a big one myself.

I'm a total beach bum.

I started modelling at the age of 16 and always aspired to be an actor. But my family only agreed to it on the condition that I would not let my studies suffer because of my work.

Whenever I feel like the hustle of Mumbai is suffocating me, I just hop on a plane and jet off to Goa for three to four nights.

With platforms like Netflix, things are evolving as they are making content-driven films and series.

Follow your heart. Make sure whatever you wear makes you feel sexy and confident.

What aren't the pressures of being an actress? Don't get me wrong, I love my job. It has been my one and only dream but it's scary. There's a certain lifestyle and image one has to live up to or face the criticism which is quite harsh and cruel.

I'm not dating Prateik; he is just a good acquaintance.

Getting that debut film is definitely harder than someone who has got a known last name. I mean some star kids don't even audition.

I had to decide between doing 'Issaq' and continuing school and I chose 'Issaq.'

I have had an actor squeeze himself up against me during a shot in a song and whisper in my ear that he was so glad that I was in the film with him. When I threw him off me and refused to speak to him again, he made my experience miserable.

The only thing that drives me is those different sort of roles which allow me to experiment.

I was brutally bullied in school. I had short hair and buck teeth and kids would call out to me in the most nasty ways possible.

I really respect Telugu cinema and the fact that people out here have a totally different style of working and are at par with Bollywood. Sometimes, they beat Bollywood with the kind of films they make.

The fact that I did a Tamil film is going to help me a lot in learning Telugu.

I have worked really hard to reach where I am - I worked hard on my Hindi and diction because I am a Parsi and Hindi is not my strong point, and I've also learnt Tamil and Telugu because I want to get my lines right. I want to be known as a performer.

I'm having a tough time coping in showbiz. I'm absolutely terrified of it. Each time you walk out, somebody wants to click a picture.

I will always choose quality over quantity.

My mother quit her job in advertising in order to raise us and she really allowed and encouraged us to be ourselves.