I tell my daughter Nyssa, you should respect my work and I will also respect yours when you grow up, "Work is worship" is what I have told her.

That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.

When you walk in a saree, you must kick the pleats. It becomes more comfortable that way.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.

I'm not a what-if and could-have person. I'm happy with my decisions.

Everyone has the right to their lives and to look the way they want to! Tomorrow I can put on 25 kilos it's my choice, my body!

I've punched a fan in the face because he was obnoxious. I've also pinched a child and made him cry, but I was 10 then!

I have a lot of road rage. Mostly with the rickshaw and cab drivers trying to cut me; it's the traffic. Grrrr!

I sincerely believe that no problem is bigger than man, and problems are blown out of proportion by man himself.

Shah Rukh is as passionate and as enthusiastic as ever.

I need you because I know I deserve you but let me fall in love with you one last time before I let go. So I can remember the beautiful imperfection that rattled my bones.

You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself - and how little I deserve it.

When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in a desperate effort to raise scores.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.

I think every actor is looking for a challenge, and to play something different, and to be a part of a project with other great actors.

If you're analytical, you have to be blunt. That's by definition. You can't analyze something and not be blunt about it. What would you rather hear if not the truth?

I support anything to do with the welfare and rights of children in a huge way.

The world operates by number, by physical laws, expressed mathematically. If you know these, you will have a better grasp of things. And some possible job skills.

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.