Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

“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.”

“The more you are blessed with experience, the fuller and the more enriched you are in your craft.”

“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.”

“Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.”

“By virtue of my job, I'm 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's rare, and we cherish it.”

“With each film, I get more and more involved and it's more and more time-consuming. Also, I like to break myths and people's preconceived ideas. My characters have always stood for something, have always had an opinion, although they've never really rebelled.”

“Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host's grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema.”

“Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I've gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just doesn't make you feel fatigued.”

“I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run.”

“I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.”

“Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I'm comfortable and so much I have declined because I haven't been comfortable.”

“For me, it's not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.”

“I like to be human and not lose myself in becoming a mannequin, which people in showbiz are accused of.”

“I really don't work to a plan, but I just do what interests me and what I like to do.”

“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.”

“I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise.”

“Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset.”