Tamannaah Quotes

I am delighted to have won a place in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.

Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.

I want to do Hindi films, but a proper one and a good production. I'm even open to multi-starrers because those work better in Bollywood. But it should be with only Bollywood technicians, not the South Indian team. There's no point to my going to Bollywood if I work with the same artistes and technicians.

I'd love to do more Tamil films; unfortunately, I don't get any substantial roles.

I'm delighted at the warm reception in Tamil and Hindi cinema despite the fact that I am from Karnataka.

I'm glad I did South films because I feel they have moulded me. They are really loud and are in a different language, so it's not easy.

Kollywood is my parent film industry. It was here that I was born as an actress and grew as an artist.

I find the working pattern to be the same in Bollywood as well as Tollywood. Especially because most directors of photography from the Telugu industry operate in Bollywood, too.

Hindi film industry makes film for the rest of the world. Tamil films are watched by Malay people. When a film is not bound by a language, why should an actor be?

I really miss working in Telugu and Tamil. Fans there adore you.

I was eight years old when I was offered a film. And before I knew it, I was acting in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu movies.

I've had people ask me to come and work for them. I went to Vienna and did three scenes in a movie for a guy that I met at a retrospective of Cassavetes films. It's a great way to travel, to meet people, to see different countries and cultures.

I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie.

My mum sent me to an open audition for 'Notes On A Scandal' so I could see quite how many other girls wanted to do this. And I queued up, and I got the job. That was my first-ever audition, and my second was 'Atonement.'

For an actress, the choices are more if one is open to the idea of doing films in different languages.

I would love to do a Malayalam film if the right script and character comes along.

Back in the day, I was keen on working on a film with the superstars - Mammootty and Mohanlal. But they wanted me to make a film with them in Tamil.

'Punda' marks my entry into Kannada and 'Krishnaleelai' will be my Tamil debut. It was a good experience shooting for both the films.

When K. Balachander saw me for the first time, he booked me for three films and asked me to learn Tamil first.

A lot of people don't know that I had a special appearance in 'Keratam'; that was my first Telugu film. I only shot for four to five days. When they called me, I said, 'I can't give 60 days for a movie. If you have something for one week or 10 days, then I can accommodate.'

Going international is my game. I've always wanted to do it, and after 'Aadukalam,' I got to meet Anurag Kashyap, the face of alternate Indian cinema to the world.

I've done a host of Tamil and Telugu films, a Bengali one, too.

I prefer the Telugu film industry, as women are respected more than they are in the Tamil film industry. In Tamil cinema, they care only about their hero, who is God.

I wanted to work in Tollywood ever since I did the Tamil film 'Anegan' with Dhanush in 2015.

I am an actress. My first film was a Telugu film, my second film was Bollywood, and third was Indo-Chinese.