Having grown up in Bombay, from the day youre born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.

Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no.

Young women who want an education will not be stopped

I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.

As the worlds getting filled with temptations, were getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

More than anything else, if you can spend a great deal of dedicated time observing people without judgment, that can be a great way of learning.

The only thing I can pride myself on is making a really good breakfast.

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

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

Here's another secret - I have really big feet. I'm a size ten, so every opportunity I get I buy myself shoes.

This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it

When President Kennedy took office, I was in the midst of my education.

A busy life is a wasted life.

Bodies come and go, ages come and go, yugas come and go, eternities come and go. Selves come and go.

Addictions - Run to Jesus instead of running to your addiction.

I want to live in a city where people who make the rules have to live by them.

O lost, And by the wind grieved, Ghost, Come back again.

The teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.