Age is a very psychological thing; I do not know how old I am if you ask my age. Age is calculated by when you get born, but I do not agree with that parameter. I sometimes feel like 25, sometimes 12 and at times 40, and I love that about myself as an artist. I am not stuck to a particular age.

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Categorized in : Myself I Am Love Age

I have had a simple life. I have amazing support from family, a great set of friends; financially and emotionally, I have been quite balanced.

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great family simple life

People are quick to stereotype you and very lazy in their imagination to think beyond the first few films a heroine does.

Shweta Tripathi

think you imagination people

I think, more than my husband, my mother-in-law gets excited and proud and what not whenever she sees me on-screen.

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think me proud husband

All my childhood memories are from Lucknow. My entire maternal side lives here, so every vacation, we used to come here by Shatabdi and spend days here visiting monuments, savouring delicacies, and being with family. For me, it's like second home.

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me childhood family memories

I love being in front of the camera.

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front camera being love

I have no qualms working on a quintessential Bollywood film, but I can't work on mindless no-brainers. I have too much self-respect for that.

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self-respect film too-much work

'Masaan' was a life-changing experience.

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life-changing experience

As an artist, when you make something, you want the world to see it in its totality, especially when the intention is not to titillate.

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see you artist world

Acting is a psychological profession, and every character drains you emotionally, regardless of whether it is an intense art house movie or a light-hearted commercial series.

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you house character art

People often say that they want to move away to smaller cities for a better lifestyle and peace, but as a single girl, you need your society, your neighbour, and even passersby to give you some respect.

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you respect girl peace

A lot of people are shocked when they hear that I played a 14-year-old.

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hear lot shocked people

I love mid-length skirts, especially for the times when I've not waxed.

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i-love times skirts love

Like most Dilliwalas, I'm an ace at bargaining. I have spent hours doing that at Janpath and Sarojini Market.

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ace market doing like

I don't care for brands. I'm more of a boutique shopper because the things I will find there are unique, and there won't be any copies.

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find will care unique

I shop a lot from the children's section and, sometimes, from the men's section. You'll find skirts, shirts and shoes from the children's section. My friends buy me more adult-like clothes, and I love those. But I cannot do away with the colourful stuff.

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me love men children

A lot of people think that, as a person, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is very serious. However, he is very funny and witty. Once he opens up with you, he can be the funniest person around.

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you serious funny people

I loved 'La La Land.' I would love to do a film like 'La La Land' which has so much simplicity and joy of cinema in it.

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loved simplicity joy love

I will watch any film directed by Imtiaz Ali.

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watch any will film

I would watch any film which has Ranbir Kapoor.

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watch which any film

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

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be-different movies nothing way