Ileana D'Cruz

“'Barfi!' was a beautiful film. I'm proud to be associated with it.”

“Films happened to me accidentally when I met Marc Robinson in a hotel in Goa, where my mum worked as a supervisor. I would often go there, and the manager there would see me and tell my mom that I should try being a model.”

“Marriage is great for some; it makes them better people. For me, commitment doesn't have to be marriage. It stems from the fact that I have a Westernised world view.”

“I like my smile.”

“I don't think I will ever understand Bollywood. And I'm happy about that because it is a big, crazy, world. It's too complicated and chaotic to understand.”

“In the end, only a good actor stands out; if I am not a good actor, I won't stand out.”

“I never thought I'd be somebody dealing with anxiety or depression.”

“I'm a Goan girl.”

“I was a complete tomboy. You'd never see me wearing skirts.”

“I love music, I love to sing, but I am terrified of singing in public.”

“Imperfections are a part of life, and one should learn to love who you are.”

“We rely on our partners, but if we're not stable within, we crumble in our relationships, too.”

“In my first-ever shot, there was a big shell that was dropped on my belly in slow motion. I even asked the director why we are doing it, and he said it would look beautiful... and I wondered, 'Really? But why and how?'”

“I loved playing Sweetie in 'Mubarakan.' It was chaotic and funny; it was sort of a magnum unfold in a chaotic way.”

“I like meeting my friends, being with my family, going for holidays.”

“If I'm going to get overshadowed in a film, it's because of something that I haven't done, not because of what the other heroine has done or because I've focused on the amount of scenes she had in the film.”

“You are a human being and are allowed to be imperfect, and you are allowed to be flawed. There is a lot of beauty in your imperfections, in your uniqueness.”

“I have been parts of some films in the South where I didn't expect certain shots to be shot in a certain way. I wasn't experienced enough; I was very naive. I didn't have the standing of an actor to say that I don't want to do this shot.”

“I think what matters is whatever you do on screen should be good irrespective of the time you have on screen.”