When I became Miss World, I couldn't believe I had won it. I used to sleep with my crown because I was scared someone would steal it. In a minute, the world changed for me.

With feature films, it's a one-time judgment once your film is premiered. Reviews, box office, and then you move on to the next project. With TV, you are being rated and judged weekly for an eight-month stretch.

To do anything with someone like Bono or someone would be like, you know, a milestone, I think, as a musician.

The writers are the backbone in television, like in film, but eventually, as an actress, I can bring something.

I've shot all over the world with crews from all over the world. The work ethic is the same. Bollywood is my career; it's what I do.

It's a terrible thing to say, and I probably shouldn't say it, but I'm a lazy person when it comes to physical exertion. I don't like gyms unless I need to for a movie or a part or a show.

Generalizing a type of people is really primitive.

When I became Miss World, movie offers started coming to me in India.

Yes, I play this evil, mean character Victoria in 'Baywatch.' It is so much fun. I didn't want my first film in America to be just another role.

It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of.

Alex, who I play on 'Quantico' - that part wasn't written for an Indian girl. So they changed her background to make her half Indian and half Caucasian.

I hate the term 'Bollywood,' because we're not a 'me too' of Hollywood. The Indian film industry is prolific.

'In My City' was my first single. It has a very special place in my heart, and I am beyond excited to bring the amazing energy of the track to the NFL's passionate fans.

The acceptance of 'Quantico' so far has been really great. At the moment, I'm just straddling two continents far away from each other, with very active careers in both!

I can never be incognito... but I love it!

I've been doing a lot of work on female rights, especially adolescent rights. I've been to a lot of schools where the UNICEF had set up villages in India, and it's an eye-opening experience.

Education has always been very important to me. It means you don't have to depend on anyone else.

I believe in myself and my art so much. I've always trusted destiny. Wherever it takes me, I just work damn hard at the opportunity.

America has been so welcoming to me.

I think great skin is always important. With lots of makeup, by the end of the night, you look like you're melting!

After every bath, I make sure to moisturize my entire body. I'm obsessed with Diptyque: people love their candles, but their body products are also amazing.

One girl used to call me Brownie and tell me to go back to my own country. At lunch, I'd get a bag of chips from the vending machine and eat it in the storage room so I wouldn't have to see her.

Who doesn't want to be, like, five inches taller whenever they can be? If boys could, they'd be wearing heels.

You like someone, you court each other, you get into a relationship. You're answerable to each other. Whereas, the non-answerability of dating, my God, I don't know if I would ever be able to.

I've never dated; I've always been in relationships.

When it comes to an everyday situation, I am like an ant. I keep putting money aside because I know that if I want to splurge, there is a big mountain of money that I can use.

When there is a ring on my finger, which is actually given to me, then I'll tell the world. Till then, no one can claim me.

I have never had a plan when it comes to my career: America came to me with an opportunity.

When I was in school, you never saw anyone who looked like us that was on TV. And that was really weird for me because there's so many people of South Asian descent in America - in the world.

Black, brown, white, yellow - why are we always talking about colors? I'm a girl. I believe in a global community.

Stardom should be a discovery. You don't hammer it onto people's heads. You don't demand it. You command it.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding.

My ambition when I was four years old was to be married.

If my film does not do well, it really hurts me. But by God's grace, even if some of my films may not have done well, people have still liked my work in it.

I live with romance in my brain. I'm a true-blue Cancerian like that.

I love dabbling in different genres, and I like being good at different genres of cinema.

I wasn't even prepared to be an actress. I was 17 when I came out of high school, and suddenly became Miss World and then I became an actress.

If two of your films don't do well, people say you're out in the cold and your career is over. One film does well, and you've had the best year of your life! I don't believe in all that's written.

I speak, Hindi, English, and American. I'm trilingual.

I adore watching movies; movie marathons are my favorite pastime. I can watch up to five movies back to back. I also love music and like reading whenever I get the time.

People keep speculating about my personal life because I am evasive about it.

As an entertainer, I try to do projects that reflect a woman having the ability to stand up for herself.

I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well.

I sang the 'Sunday Night Football' theme song two years in a row - my first part in American culture, although I still don't know anything about American football.

There is no way I could have predicted the amazing reception and support that 'Quantico' has received this season or even the way that I have been welcomed into the fold here in America.

I'm different. I don't speak perfect American. I do have a lilt of an Indian accent. I thought, 'Maybe the world's not okay with what I bring, being Indian.'

I like bad boys, and I like to take them home to my mom.

My father is conservative but has always supported my decisions. He lets me take my own decisions. His only condition while allowing me to come to Mumbai was that my mother must accompany me.

I totally commit and completely give myself to a relationship. Be warned, though - I don't like being taken for granted, so I can be pretty high-maintenance sometimes!