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When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
I never liked to be pigeon-holed and I never liked people to think that they know who I am. I like to keep people guessing.
I'm constantly evolving. I can just say that I'm attuning myself to contemporary fashion, moulding myself to opportunities.
With a production house like Padmalya Films and a co-star like Mahesh Babu, 'Atithi' was just the right film to debut with.
I don't like getting dressed up. It's hard because as a woman, as an actor, the whole world wants you to enjoy dressing up.
Quite simply, I owe everything to Jean-Luc. He taught me everything I know about films, about books, about art, about life.
I need to put myself out in the world and be brave and be uncomfortable. When I do, it means I can enjoy life so much more.
I don't really cook meat. I eat a bit of seafood but I'm not really into meat and the idea of cooking it is pretty intense.
Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do - freedom of expression is something I celebrate.
I think one thing for sure that you learn the more films that you make is how important it is to choose your collaborators.
A jigsaw puzzle is my form of meditation. In New York, I glued all of the ones I did together and hung them up on the wall.
There are times where we are shooting a TV show, and it goes very fast. But everybody has this freedom to still be artists.
For the record, if there's anyone who could flirt with a mountain range, it's probably the person standing in front of you.
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasnt able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.
'Wonder Woman' was on TV when I was growing up, and I knew Lynda Carter was part Latina. It gave me a great sense of pride.
Gena Rowlands is my all-time love. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer. I grew up watching their work; they are extraordinary.
To do a television show, one can be sort of spoiled. You get to have your own trailer, your own space - that sort of thing.
I haven't been to a gas station in years. It feels so good not to be a slave to gas, playing the whole game of war for oil.
I definitely believe in the power of education. I believe the more people know, the more they are able to do what they can.
[Autobiographies] are all the same - it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that.
Diwali means family, so either I go down to Bangalore, or my family comes to Mumbai. I always ensure I take a few days off.
I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.
Dancing gives an innate physical awareness - it's physical training. Acting feels like the same medium but just with words.
There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as different as his fingertips.
I had my mouth done when I was 27. It was a botched job. Obviously, if I had liked my mouth I wouldn't have had it re-done.
You may think of me as an object of desire and I'm going to tell you that I can be in front of you naked and not be erotic.
Immigration is not the top issue for Latinos. Latinos are like every other American - economy, jobs, healthcare, education.
I eventually want to come back to Canada, to disappear, have nobody know me, and just be a writer and do what I want to do.
My partner doesn't read. He's not illiterate - he just chooses not to read - and I love reading. I'm obsessed with reading.
I really think truth comes from the body. When you're running for your life, you breathe differently; you talk differently.
What's wrong with Hell's Kitchen? You don't change a neighborhood by changing its name. You change it by building a school.
I've been told by many people that if I had a Twitter account, I would be making five hundred thousand dollars more a year.
Italy - I love the late-night culture, hanging around the square at midnight with everyone, catching up and having a drink.
I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.
Boy, you know, it's amazing how your brain can turn into a sieve, and you can literally forget episodes that you have shot.
Perhaps it's better if I live in your heart, where the world can't see me. If I'm dead, there will be no stain on our love.
I just have a belief that when there is a rare script out there that speaks to you, you have to stick with it. You have to.
If you look at most beauty advertisements, you would think that makeup is only for beautiful women in their early twenties.
You have to believe yourself to be the centre of the world, or you believe nothing. You start to treat yourself very badly.
I don't really drink, and I've never been to a rave. I used to cut school to read Shakespeare, not to make out in the park.
Some people think I've had a nose job. I've never had anything like that done, but I have no judgement of anyone that does.
What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.
You give yourself permission to be the person you want to be, the artist you want to be, no matter what your circumstances!
I'm opinionated, and I'm comfortable with confrontation. I'm very happy to say if I believe the opposite of what you think.
All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.
I went away when I was 9 to a ballet school. I thought I wanted to be a dancer, but eight years of ballet cured me of that.
Women are not a doormat. We are equivalent to men. It is just that we have different bodies and different biological needs.
I don't want to choose between commercial and independent cinema. I just want to choose between a good film and a bad film.
In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut.