“As it is, relationships are difficult, aren’t they?”

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 am an independent girl. I always put my work first in my priority.

I don’t find it humiliating when they call me a psychopath or witch.

People talk about PlayStations, video games, social network and Twitter; I can’t handle it.

I don’t feel like a 27-year-old; I feel I am way mature than someone that age.

The kind of roles which you get, people identify with your roles, and it then leads to the kind of brands you get.

It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.

Never stop growing, even when it’s difficult.

How easy it is to make fun of someone, how difficult to step into their shoes.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

My faith has helped me through some of the most difficult times in my life.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so fast that it would basically be impossible, even in theory.