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.

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.

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.

I don't think Bollywood is only mindless cinema, but a lot of films they churn out are not films that I completely enjoy watching.

If you are unable to reach a person you must know that this happens not because that the roads are closed but because you don’t know the true paths to reach that person!

I love a lot of different styles, but my heart belongs in electronic music.

People ask me how did you choose the part and how did you prepare for this work? I just learned the lines and showed up; I don't know what else to say because that's all I know how to do.

The more grace we have, the less we shall think of ourselves, for grace, like light, reveals our impurity.

I was the walrus, but now I am John. And so my friends, you'll just have to carry on. The dream is over.

The trouble with taxonomic boxes is... that that they tend to be empty, however beautiful they are on the outside.

[Barack] Obama has betrayed Israel, gutted the military, and apologized on ten world tours.

Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice!

I used to be a cheerleader, but fighting just seemed more, "me". So I went that route.

The nature of show business is people within the business feel that if someone else fails, they move up a notch.