“There are so many acting schools these days. Maybe, the new generation of actors is forgetting that acting is more emotional than mechanical. Take dancing, today's dancers are not dancing; they're just performing a drill to some beats.”

—  Waheeda Rehman

Quoted in "Guru Dutt was my mentor: Waheeda".
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