“I don’t find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.”

I don’t seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don’t want to be anybody’s role model.

If a woman is super-successful, she is called a psychopath.

No one can guarantee success of a film.

Tone matters more than words.

Learning should never stop.

Sucking up to a director means you are unsure of your talents. I’m not.

I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before ‘Queen,’ but now things have changed a lot.

I write poems, I meditate. I don’t live up to people’s expectations. I don’t do the conventional cool things – I know I am the coolest person.

I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren’t too supportive of my career choices.

Many people are insecure of many people.

Freedom of being alone is intoxicating.

Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.

Money can’t buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.

It is important to give talent their due. And if celebrities are struggling with personal and mental health issues, the media should try and emphasize with them, rather than making it difficult for them.

I want to make films that cater to the world audiences.

I want to make films that cater to the world audiences.

At a time when we are facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Congress must do more

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

Your worst enemy cannot hurt you as much as your own thoughts, when you haven’t mastered them.

If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.

Love is a serious mental disease.

I’m trying very hard not to connect with people right now.

Sometimes I feel like I’m not solid. I’m hollow. There’s nothing behind my eyes. I’m a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.

I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual.