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“Yes, I tend to be self-critical at times. This is because during my cancer period - while I was going through the whole process of treatment - I had time to reflect.”
“In the film industry, we work more on the basis of good faith and verbal commitments rather than legalities.”
“The poor lifestyle I had been leading made my body susceptible to diseases. Had it not been cancer, some other malady would have struck me.”
“On the sets, I used to scare people. I team up with my level of people and sometimes do spooky things. I've inherited this from my mother, as she used to scare my neighbours by dressing up like a ghost.”
“It's not that I am a difficult person; it's just that I have certain strong likes and dislikes.”
“One of the many joys of being an actor is to understand the human psychology.”
“Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business, before the release of a film, I am nervous.”
“Whether I live long or short is not the question: what quality that I surrounded myself is!”
“When I'm in Kathmandu, I go out into the hills and go trekking.”
“I feel somewhere there is a fault in this whole mindset of not accepting the natural process. To age gracefully, to accept life with grace has more beauty and charm. But you have to be fit and healthy. And that is something we should strive for.”
“Being a woman, I want to look pretty in every phase of my life.”
“I love working with the younger generation.”
“I'm a spontaneous actress, not a studied one.”
“I take care of my health. I nurture it.”
“I am very content being single. I don't feel the need of someone absolutely having to be with me to make me feel like a woman.”
“Being diagnosed with cancer helped me identify all that was wrong in my life. It also helped me search for the solutions. I discovered self-love; I learned to prioritise myself over others and, most importantly, realised that I had to love myself first before somebody else loves me.”
“When you're sick, you actually realize how important health is.”
“I don't believe in harbouring ill feelings about anyone.”
“I don't take anything personally.”
“What's important is to do good work and interesting roles.”