I never had any barriers coming from my family. Just encouragement.

In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous.

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.

I always thought that's the exact metaphor, the perfect metaphor for acting. To go blind, to ignore the danger, and to totally trust.

The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal always hides itself behind the normal.

For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.

We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.

A film is the reflection of the soul of its creator.

There’s nothing wrong with accumulating wealth, receiving recognition for your efforts, and having some power and status--what’s wrong is when you think that’s who you are.

Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.

Nicknames are potent ways of cutting people down to size.

I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with a lot of giggles and nervousness.

The folks in Mississippi are saying, 'Thank God for Texas.'

I like Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor. They are amazing and very hard working when it comes to dance.

On a baby of his own: You gotta be married first. That's my rule: marriage then baby!

I love making videos on my couch. You can put those on the Internet fast. I can express myself.

Men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages: A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.