One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

I feel that all of us can contribute something, and it doesn't have to be money. It can just be service or talent.

I didn't really enjoy modeling in Bombay. I floated through it in the hopes that I would get my ticket to the next big thing. There was no real joy that I got out of it, to be really honest.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

I love going into a country and just blending.

It always feels great to be at the start of something new. It's almost like a revolution, in a way.

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.'