“Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.”

For me, it’s not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.

Right now, I’m following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today’s crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset.

My biggest concern is always the students who are working toward a certain career – when they limit themselves to just that one option. They need to know that the world is huge – it’s an ocean, and there are so many options. It’s not the end of the world if they don’t get to pursue an apparent childhood dream.

I know for a fact that if there’s a role which I am suited for, I’ll be signed on. I’ll never go begging.

Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I’ve gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just doesn’t make you feel fatigued.

Elegance is innate, individual, eternal, it stands the test of time!

Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host’s grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema.

My family is my strength and my weakness.

Despite being in showbiz, I have a very real approach to my life. It plays off with my social life.

I don’t believe in proving a point to anybody. Nobody is that important.

I just take on what I can commit to completely at that point in time, and that way you’ll be able to give your best.

The more you are blessed with experience, the fuller and the more enriched you are in your craft.

I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run.

I’m not the type who’ll yell about my achievements from the rooftops.

Fame is directly related to the kind of support you have from an audience and the love and support I have from audience is so immense and so huge, that the percentage of negativity is so small compared to that that it would be very easy for it to lose itself.

Working with one of the best strength trainers in the world, I’m getting more dangerous. I’m getting stronger and stronger.

Love will mock the intellect and beat down the arrogant.

Super-secret Ninja Club sounds way cooler than the whole BFF thing.

If it weren’t for acid, you might not have an IPod, and you definitely would not have some of the best music in your IPod.

Despite my best efforts I’ve seen you naked before – doesn’t do much for me so no worries.

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house.

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.

I don’t understand why it has to be either – or – either socialism or democracy. Why can’t we combine things to get the best of each system?