More than anything else, if you can spend a great deal of dedicated time observing people without judgment, that can be a great way of learning.

When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there's also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent.

Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no.

I've never told anyone this before, but I'm an obsessive-compulsive. I go back to my hotel room every evening and put the coat hangers back in order and open my bag and rearrange it. It takes a lot of my time, but if I don't do it I can't sleep.

I don't think Bollywood is only mindless cinema, but a lot of films they churn out are not films that I completely enjoy watching.

I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.

Young women who want an education will not be stopped