Quotes from Zeenat Aman

I want Priyanka Chopra to do my biopic. I think she is very good and lovely. Priyanka would be the ideal actress to play my part.

I have always let my heart rule my head, but if I could rewind and start afresh I would listen to my mother. I would agree and follow whatever she told me.

Mumbai has so much to offer, but the pathetic spectacle of horse abuse is the first thing that many tourists see, and it taints their impression of our great city.

It's up to the individual to make the best of what life has dealt.

A lot of intelligent women make foolish choices.

I am a single mother of two sons and politics demands 100 per cent commitment.

I have two sons and I have taught them to respect women. They have also seen how I, a single mother, have raised them.

All of us have mothers, sisters, daughters at home and it is our responsibility to protect them and make them aware of their rights.

The decision to marry is every woman's entitlement, irrespective of her age.

Item numbers have existed from time immemorial.

I think the world consists of yin and yang. There should be a balance, and it's important to coexist peacefully, with respect and dignity, and whenever those lines are crossed I think it's important for people to speak up for what they believe in.

Life's so unpredictable. You never know when the next high or low will strike you. The trick is just to flow with the tide.

Life is just a journey and how you traverse it is what matters.

You tend to take your journey for granted after a while, but when I pause and look back, I feel blessed that I had so many opportunities.

I think it's very wrong to be an unwed mother. You give your child the stigma of illegitimacy.

I listen to heavy metal thanks to my son. When I argue with him on the kind of music he is listening to, he says, 'listen to it.' I listen and think well that is not so bad!

I listen to jazz, Western classical, contemporary, Bollywood and heavy metal.

It was an impulsive at her zenith Zeenat decision to act in 'Boom,' I signed the film after 70 per cent of the movie was done.

My sons, Azaan and Zahaan, make for scintillating company; they are both foodies. The three of us love spending time trying out new joints and cuisines.

If people want to improve the way they look, the way they present themselves, more power to them.

I gave my all to my career and later to my marriage and motherhood.

It is inherent in every girl, to want that extra sparkle in her eyes, extra shine in her hair and bounce in her walk.

I think the parts that I played sort of broke the mould in terms of - you know, I played grey characters, the bad girl with a good heart, there was a good reason for her to be bad.

You give a hundred percent of yourself to a film and then move on.