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I actually didn't mind school, and I enjoyed university and college.
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When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there's also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent.
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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.'
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I feel like this whole idea of wanting something that you don't really have is also very American in a way.
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I feel being an actress is probably not half as difficult as being a mother, and I do not know when I will be ready for that kind of a decision.
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Here's another secret - I have really big feet. I'm a size ten, so every opportunity I get I buy myself shoes.
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Anybody, anywhere in the world, all they want is to be free, to choose what they want to do without having someone tell them how to do it.
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I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.
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In terms of romantic films, all-time romantic films, I really like 'Gone With the Wind.' And I realize I sound so cliched saying that, but there's something so absolutely romantic about it.
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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.
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I like working on big budget films.
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I definitely need to date someone who is calm.
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I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.
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I did not particularly enjoy modeling. I felt I was only utilizing 10 or 20 percent of my abilities. In India, it's just another job.
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I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.
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I absolutely love London; it is one of my favourite cities in the world.
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I'm glad I'm a strong person.
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Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no.