The scene between Irrfan and Piku after her father's death was improvised a lot. Irrfan and Deepika gave genius performances, silently sitting there. There is something in Deepika's voice, it is drained out; you know she has cried a lot, not spoken a lot" —Shoojit Sircar
“There is a new center piece of Deepika's universe and that's our baby Dua. This is the best version of Deepika I've ever known. She is completley present. Absolutely immersed. Extremely attentive, sensitive, caring and beautifully gentle."
—Ranveer Singh
“There are 2-3 people (I can call up at 2 am). There’s Ajay sir, Ranveer Singh & Deepika. I’m very close to them. When only the last schedule of my film was pending, Deepika was four months pregnant. But she came for the shoot.Relations like these are rarely made.” — Rohit Shetty
“I was like, wow. Deepika Padukone. That’s when I had my first crush ever. I was obsessed with her. I was like I want to see Deepika. And that’s when I realised my dad is a big actor. Deepika is doing a movie with him." —Ibrahim Ali Khan
“Deepika is very sweet & when you interact with her, it does not feel like she is a star. She is very grounded. Eats her Rasam Chawal every morning. When u interact with her, she’ll pleasantly surprise u with her personality" —Dhairya Karwa
“Deepika is really cool. She is very joyful & always smiling. She makes everyone feel comfortable she takes the effort to be nice to everyone.”
—Keya Nair (Kalki 2898AD)
“Deepika is very, very sweet. She met my parents so warmly. She met my mother before and during the screening she asked me where my mom is. She talked to them she hugged mom and was so sweet. I have mad respect for Deepika.”
—Rishabh Sawney (Fighter)
“Deepika is a very really cool girl, she is a full dude man, very down-to-earth so inclusive its refreshing to work with people like that” — Karan Singh Grover
“Deepika ma’am is so calm, unke baaton se hi charm chhalakta hai, she is very charming. She played a chopper pilot in the film so she used to discuss abt the chopper and scenes with us and made us feel part of the team always before each shot” —Banveen Singh
Q. For an action packed movie which actress would you pick as your co-star?
“Recently I watched Pathaan and Deepika was very good in it”
— Sunny Kaushal
“It was so surreal to meet Deepika in person. I’ve seen all her films. She’s a global icon. She’s very inspiring in terms of how she interacts with everyone. She told me she watched Kumbalangi Nights and so has her husband. That meant a lot to me.
— Anna Ben
“Deepika is the kindest actor I have worked with as an AD. She made it a point to learn the names of the Assistant Directors and not address them as ADs. I remember going back home and telling my mom Deepika Padukone asked my name”
—Sharvari Wagh
“My daughter Sara is a huge fan and Deepika knows that so she asked both me and my wife Nilanjanaa whether she had liked the film (Piku).”
—Jishu Sengupta (co-star Piku)
"I admire the way Deepika Padukone so elegantly straddles through everything in her life. It's not like she didn't have controversies in her life and it's not like she didn't have enough love in her life. She had all of it and she's still doing it so gracefully."
— Taapsee Pannu