“Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.”

I was treated like a dog by the industry people.

I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.

Mantras are a very good technique to enhance your vibration and energy immediately.

Sick and tired of riots and blood.

Thank those who gave you courage and thank those who laughed at your broken dreams.

Item numbers are not my cup of tea.

I really don’t want to be known as a fashionista. I’d like to be someone more than that.

Image means a lot. It is everything in the business that we are in.

I’m my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now?

When an individual stands against the government and wins, it’s not the victory of the individual but it’s the victory of the democracy.

Who is fit is a hit.

I am not ashamed of anything – not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.

Hits and flops are overrated.

There is a huge gap between the remuneration of an actor and actress.

I realised fashion is nothing but freedom of expression.

My biggest asset is that I know how to learn, and that, I believe, will help me in the long run.

I was with book, as a woman is with child

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.

I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

Baby cuddles are the best.

I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.