Amala Paul

Professions :

I used to think that only a mother could provide unconditional love and make sacrifices.

think unconditional-love mother love

I have always been a rebel without a cause.

cause without always rebel

I grow tomatoes, spinach and melons, a pepper vine climbs my coconut tree. I have a home and kitchen of my own.

grow kitchen home tree

We actors have a big problem. We have a lot of insecurity and we are fragile. We surround ourselves with people who praise our ego and lie to us... till that moment you realise that these people are not helping you get ahead.

moment you ego people

I've turned vegetarian and am on an ayurvedic diet. I go to the beach every day, and I feel the creative energy of Auroville.

every-day feel day beach

I want to only be part of films that are worth my time. I give my heart and soul for four-five months and I don't want that to go in vain.

go soul heart time

I've sold my Mercedes and I'll be getting something electric. I work out of a thatch shed on the roof.

mercedes something roof work

I would love to get married, have a baby and adopt one.

get-married get baby love

For the movie 'Bhaskar Oru Rascal' I had to let go of a part of my agreed salary and in fact, had to lend money to the producer when he couldn't meet his financial obligations at the time of the movie's release.

meet go money time

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

your over you character

I was telling my manager that I wanted to quit the industry because the synopsis I was receiving from filmmakers all felt like a lie. Yes, they were heroine-centric... but the concepts were simple. Like a rape victim, her struggling against the odds and gaining revenge, or a wife who supports her husband endlessly, or a sacrificial mother.

wife simple revenge mother

I went through a phase of deep introspection. I realised that while doing films back to back, I was getting burnt out and not concentrating on quality. I wasn't preparing for my role and was working like a machine. When I saw the result on the big screen, I felt that the work I'd done was horrible.

deep result quality work

I can't drink coffee because as per Ayurveda, I have a pitta body type. This means I am fire, and coffee means more fire.

i-am drink coffee fire

When people look at 'Aadai's posters and say that I've attempted something bold, it actually reflects me being secure about myself.

myself look me people

Kollywood allots big budget only for commercial films. Bollywood film industry is straightforward that way. When compared to Bollywood, Kollywood is fake. They keep churning out the same films.

budget big fake way

About my marriage life, it has been pretty painful, pretty sad. I can't say there was no unpleasantness at all. I can't say it was smooth and happy or anything. There were lot of painful experiences we both went through.

sad marriage happy life

Life can't be always be stable always right. There are things which are out of your control.

control your always life

At the age of 23, I got married. I think it would've worked if I married a little later on, as a person with little more maturity and little more to understand about marriage how it works. May be it would have worked, you never know.

you maturity marriage age

I am not in 'O I hate relationships' phase. I will never be in that phase.

i-am will never hate

I am doing films that are content-oriented and where I have the scope to perform. Rarely do such scripts happen.

happen i-am doing where

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