Freida Pinto

“I always imagined that I would learn something each time that I would take to a new project, then I realized that each new project poses a completely different challenge.”

“Having grown up in Bombay, from the day you're born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.”

“I like working on big budget films.”

“When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. And it's the same with actors. You have to commit yourself mind, body and soul to a project in order to do justice to it.”

“I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.”

“I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities, and I'm proud to be a part of that cultural shift.”

“I'd like to jump out of a plane. I have a fear of heights I'd like to face.”

“As the world's getting filled with temptations, we're getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle.”

“Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no.”

“I actually didn't mind school, and I enjoyed university and college.”

“I went to an all-girls' Christian convent school run by nuns. It was fun, but when I was 15, I said, 'Mum, that's it - I need to go where there are some boys.'”

“A lot of the younger Indian generation are either IT geniuses or doctors - the number of doctors I've seen in L.A. who are Indian is just crazy. So it is a very common thing. Or an accountant! That again is a very, very big thing.”

“I absolutely love London; it is one of my favourite cities in the world.”

“If a cream can give you confidence then you really have to check your whole confidence department in the first place.”

“One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.”

“I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.”

“I feel like this whole idea of wanting something that you don't really have is also very American in a way.”

“I'm glad I'm a strong person.”

“I think even the most beautiful person looks stupid on Skype.”

“I wouldn't want to do a Bollywood film per se, but I would like to do an Indian-language film. For some reason I think Bollywood has become synonymous with commercial cinema, which is song and dance and everything that is larger than life, and I am interested in the reality.”