I've learned to develop a thick skin, but you're bound to be affected when you read something bad about yourself in the paper and it's rubbed in your face over and over.

I went to an all-girls' Christian convent school run by nuns. It was fun, but when I was 15, I said, 'Mum, that's it - I need to go where there are some boys.'

Growing up in Bombay made me immune to culture shock, in a way. So, culture shock is not part of my DNA.

The only thing I can pride myself on is making a really good breakfast.

Everybody comes up with this term lucky-"Oh, she's so lucky." Even though I was lucky, I had a lot of struggle before that. I said I was going to give up everything at age 25 and get into event management because nothing was going for me. I used to have a lot of nervous breakdowns.

I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.

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