Tabu

“I never felt the need to be in the rat race.”

“I am the last person who has any judgement about any kind of cinema, least of all commercial cinema because I am a product of commercial cinema.”

“I've crossed many cultural and gender barriers as a woman.”

“Every film has been a personal milestone for me.”

“Working in 'The Namesake' was a personally enriching experience.”

“I don't think of people as out-and-out black or white.”

“I never saw my career as a journey with a beginning, middle, and end, with high points and low points. It is just a whole, big mass of experience, and I take each experience as it comes. I don't strategise.”

“I am keen on doing the regular Hindi film, but I want strong, meaningful roles in my repertoire, which I get down South. I can devote equal time and attention to both, so I don't see the clash.”

“Working in 'Mian Maqbool' was a refreshing experience.”

“As far as TV shows are concerned, I would love to do a travel show.”

“I don't have any special approach for playing dark characters. That's because I never looked at them as dark characters per se. For me, they were real people.”

“I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.”

“I don't care if the heroes are short. That's their problem.”

“I am proud of my height.”

“What has helped me is my success in commercial cinema. It has given me a platform for others to cast me in their films. If I did not have the commercial success, then I wouldn't be able to do the smaller films.”

“Your chemistry with your co-actors is more important in a comedy. You can't leave it to your performance alone. So many things have to fall into place to make people laugh.”

“I cannot say yes to too many things. I am better off giving attention to one thing at a time.”

“Promotions create awareness, but if there is no merit to the film, what will promotions do anyway?”

“Why was it important for women to be only nice? Why can't she have dark layers? So when they came to me - films like 'Maqbool' and 'Astitva' - they just grabbed me, and I wanted to be part of them.”

“I only do work that suits my temperament.”