"I am just an average woman with average concerns."
"I am just an average woman with average concerns."
"No one is perfect and everyone is different, but everyone is beautiful in their own way and that is what makes us special."
"I dont know why beauty is attached only to women. I dont believe it is gender specific or even species specific."
"Right now, I am following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass."
"Elegance is innate, individual, eternal, it stands the test of time!"
"I like to be human and not lose myself in becoming a mannequin, which people in showbiz are accused of."
"I do not believe in proving a point to anybody. Nobody is that important."
"It is nice to be important, but it is more more important to be nice."
"You do not need to remain single for you to put out kickass work!"
"Haters are a drop in the ocean. There is that much more love."
"Beauty is transient and changes with time."
"My family is my strength and my weakness."
"I am a student. I want to do better."
"This is who I am. I am a mother."
"Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today is crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset."
"I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging."
"The more you are blessed with experience, the fuller and the more enriched you are in your craft."
"I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run."
"I am not the type who will yell about my achievements from the rooftops."
"I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise."
Beauty is not just physical, it comes from within.
Success is not just about reaching the top, but about how you handle yourself along the way.
Confidence and hard work is the best cosmetic.
Be your own kind of beautiful.
I am proud of who I am and what I have accomplished.
Life is too short to waste time on things that don’t make you happy.
I believe that true beauty comes from being comfortable in your own skin.
I believe in living life with grace and dignity.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Never settle for less than you deserve.
Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I have gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just does not make you feel fatigued.
Life will take its toll on all of us. We get injured, we get old. It is really sad to try to run away from these harsh realities of life. Looks are not everything. I am not going to look beautiful all the time.
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
I was studying to be an architect, I was not plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously.
I do not know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It is such a beautiful experience. I so strongly recommend it. It is bliss, love and fulfillment of another level.
We are Bachchans for all seasons and my name is not Khan!
I have a great story to tell and I tell it well. No holds barred.
I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie.
I really do not work to a plan, but I just do what interests me and what I like to do.
For me, it is not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.
God has given me plenty of reasons to smile and I feel it is time to spread it around.
My reason for choosing a film is not to impress people. I do not choose films for the box office.
Despite being in showbiz, I have a very real approach to my life. It plays off with my social life.
I know for a fact that if there is a role which I am suited for I will be signed on. I will never go begging.
I just take on what I can commit to completely at that point in time, and that way you will be able to give your best.
When it comes to food, I love my food, I am comfortable with my foods. I have never dieted. Never. I really enjoy food.
Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.
The day I got married and I had a husband and in-laws in my life, my parents did not cease to be remotely less important or less my priority.
I have always been a person who is extremely comfortable in my skin. I have always just been myself in all these years on the public platform.
I am really OK with the way I look. It is fine. All this is transient. I mean, it is really, you know, it changes with time, and that is the external.
Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I am comfortable and so much I have declined because I have not been comfortable.
In terms of finding that first international recognition of my work, coming back to Cannes is such a milestone in my life because it began actually with 'Devdas'.
It is unbelievable that people have the time and inclination to be as negative as they are on a public platform about people who accomplish whatever they do in the public eye.
I will not do something professionally just because someone is like, you know, this will shock people! Imagine seeing Aishwarya like this today. Please! That’s not a good enough reason.
Motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It is such a beautiful experience. I so strongly recommend it. It is bliss, love and fulfillment of another level.
Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I have gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just does not make you feel fatigued.
I am a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I am interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.
Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our hosts grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema.
Life will take its toll on all of us. We get injured, we get old. It is really sad to try to run away from these harsh realities of life. Looks are not everything. I am not going to look beautiful all the time.
My experience of being on the public platform got more multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, and my place in the public eye, I think, has always been a little more than just what is going on in that time in my life.
What is blessed about my life is that I have been able to connect with the global audience on a regular basis. I am thankful for everybodys love, and I reciprocate that, but I also have to deliver on every occasion.
It is about the choices you make and you consciously make them. Being aware of the possible adjustment, immense balancing that you will need to do with whatever commitment you take on. The key word here is commitment.
Even prior to marriage and motherhood, it is always been about prioritising and focusing on what you can commit to. That is been my approach to every aspect of my life, be it my relationships or my professional commitments.
I should be accused of bias, but worldwide currently Pa [Amitabh Bachchan] is absolutely iconic, he is celebrated, he is respected. He definitely is deservedly iconic, and I say this without any bias, and if I am accused of it so be it.
By virtue of my job, I am traveling. You get to spend very little time with your family. We hardly get to meet each other except on the one odd day we really get to spend time, have dinner together. And that is rare, and we cherish it.
The larger the audience the better. The more pockets in the world, the more interesting and exciting because it just makes it that much more liberating. This makes it that much more liberating for the various facets of creativity to be explored.
Weight gain can happen at any point in time, and it is something that you are dealing with anyway, and it is OK. It is ridiculous to have this dictate your very being because I have always said that it is not the outside that defines who you are.
With each film, I get more and more involved and it is more and more time-consuming. Also, I like to break myths and peoples preconceived ideas. My characters have always stood for something, have always had an opinion, although they've never really rebelled.
Aishwarya, my parents daughter, has been brought up with enough values inculcated where I will use my discretion in my choices. At the same time, I recognize I am an actor, I am an artist, and if I feel the need to be liberated and do the kind of work I need to do, I will.
Many of us are privileged to have opportunities and the confidence in ourselves that assures our safety, but most women in our country do not have that. A lot is being said but a lot more needs to be done about this issue. The day we have definite laws for the wrongdoers and immediate punishment to them, that is when things will change.
I am human and I am very sensitive, so of course it hurts when there is someone out there criticizing you. You work to do your best, you work to receive appreciation. It definitely hurts me lesser today because with time and experience I have learned to reduce the negativity and truly recognize the positivity in life which is so much more.