Andrea Jeremiah

It is male-chauvinistic industry, and there's still a long way to go for the female-centric genre to come to the fore. ”

People still make all sorts of assumptions about me. I've just gone past the point of caring. ”

I was almost on the verge of studying medicine. But then, I realised I would have to give up singing. That is when it dawned on me that I could have a career in music. ”

I personally think the male and female roles have changed dramatically in the past few decades. Men are no longer the breadwinners. Financial independence for a woman is a huge thing. ”

Should I be offered the right kind of script, I will be doing a straight Telugu film. ”

When I was a youngster, I and people like us, who are educated and progressive-minded, did not take interest in politics. But then I realised that half of the parliament is being run by politicians with criminal records. ”

Actresses are defined more by the roles they say 'no' to it than the roles they say 'yes' to it. ”

Why does the worth of an actress have to be determined by her co-stars? ”

I'm happy to be getting accolades for my role in 'Endrendrum Punnagai;' I'm getting powerful roles and would star glamourously if the script demanded so. ”

When I am talking about politics, it is not about reading a book, theories on policies, but awareness on what is our right as a citizen of a democratic country. ”