When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.

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 may never fly—in the bird sort of way. But I do have wings.

The worst walls are never the ones you find in your way. The worst walls are the ones you put there- you build yourself. Those are the high ones the thick ones the ones with no doors in.

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.

Life never end when you are in it.

I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time.

I had other priorities in the sixties than military service.

What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.

Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales.

I was born to teach. I have always had this gift with children.

I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day. Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true.