Koena Mitra

“A simple lifestyle can make you happy and high expectations can disappoint a lot.”

“It's good to see people experimenting with their looks.”

“I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. You're merchandised, you're a product.”

“No mother is perfect and every good mom makes mistakes. What matters most is her heart.”

“Working in Bollywood is like gambling, you cannot plan in advance.”

“Just because you're inclined to do something one way doesn't mean that's the 'right' way.”

“In Hollywood, one doesn't get typecast. You can play a mother in one film and take up the role of a high school teenager in the next.”

“Universal Love can take on many forms. It can be considered acceptance of yourself, or of others. Love is unconditional and it doesn't set terms. It is freedom. Love is freedom for you to be who you truly are inside, not what others think you should be. Love is never to force anything on anyone.”

“You can't attain anything without investing time.”

“Fighting in the name of god is the biggest paradox ever.”

“I'm very comfortable in my skin. Yet, I won't do anything that's indecent, cheap or vulgar.”

“I can't be filmi.”

“The rich and the poor cannot connect with each other 'cause they live completely different lives.”

“I am a simple girl and do not like partying. Whatever parties I attend are small ones, with my own friends.”

“If not an actress, I would have been a designer. I like to work on my own clothes and make-up.”

“In my life, I only kept learning different dance forms, yoga forms. From my gurus, I have learned how to be disciplined and consistency. Do a particular thing continuously, you will get the results.”

“I call myself a very sincere and responsible person.”

“I am partial to Halle Berry's 'Catwoman.'”

“My style mantra is to keep it simple and comfortable.”

“We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, want, magic - of missing people, avoid others - like loneliness.”