There's definitely something special about a working birthday, it's the perfect way to bring in the new birthday year!

I grew up in South Mumbai and I am a total homebody, so I was not seen around. I guess that's the reason many believed that I wasn't Indian or can't speak Hindi.

I don't want to be part of films that are easily forgotten.

I won't sign a film thinking, 'Oh my God! I don't have a film so I've got to sign one real quickly.'

I actually live to eat.

One day, I'll open my own restaurant or do something related to food, though I can't cook to save my life.

I'm grateful to have the things that I have, and I've learnt not to take anything for granted.

I'm the wrong person to ask for advice when it comes to losing weight because I've never been on that side of the fence.

I've always tried very hard to gain weight since I was very young.

I have to admit that I'm terrible when it comes to following and sticking to my fitness regime when I'm traveling. Unfortunately, I need to be pushed.

I try to be as healthy as possible. But the problem for me is that I'm a huge foodie. I mean, I'm literally passionate about food. I love trying new restaurants, new cuisine. It just makes me really happy. So it's very difficult for me to eat completely healthy.

I want to be known for my work, that's most important.

I like to keep my close people private because I respect their privacy as well. That's my train of thoughts. I'm very fiercely protective of the people that I love the most.

I just protect the people that I love a lot, and want to keep them away from anything negative.

There is something special about being an actor and able to bring somebody's visualisation - director, storywriter and script writer - into life. It is almost like creating a person.

Every woman is beautiful in her own way and I don't know why people have norms and ideas on how beauty is perceived.

I used to run a lot in school.

I can't choose my roles half-heartedly.

It's my life and I prefer choosing my path. I don't follow anyone else.

I have my method when it comes to my work. I don't think about who has done what, rather what I am doing is of utmost importance to me.

I love paranthas, I love butter chicken, and I love everything that I shouldn't love.

When I come to Delhi, what's on my mind is food. I've Parsi and Goan genes, which basically means foodie genes.

My parents came here from Colombia during a time of great instability there. Escaping a dire economic situation at home, they moved to New Jersey, where they had friends and family, seeking a better life, and then moved to Boston after I was born.

Love yourself no matter who you are or where you come from.

If we value children and family, there's a great need for change, and we should try immigration reform - create a path for citizenship for people already here, update the visa system.

I don't know why I was lucky enough to have people in my community take me in. To be able to continue school. Or why I was lucky enough to find work or go to college. I do know that kind of luck is one in a million.

I am here, a citizen of this country, and I'm saying, 'Hey, the system failed me. I am a good citizen. I contribute to this country, and here I am sharing my story. What are you going to do now?'

I am conscious of the community that I'm representing and don't play into stereotypes.

I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who cared about me, part of me ached with every accomplishment, because my parents weren't there to share my joy.

People like seeing people being human and real, and I think that's been lacking on TV.

It's disheartening to see the hate speech and the divisive behavior. But at the same time, I have to believe that smart people and good people of this country don't give in to that.

While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but without a lawyer and an immigration system that rarely gives judges the discretion to allow families to stay together, they never had a chance.

Sometimes I want to bury myself in bed, and I don't want anyone to know anything about me, and I don't want anyone to judge me.

It is a huge myth that our voices don't matter, that our vote doesn't count.

I can be very moody.

This is the kind of stuff me and my friends talk about. We sit around and drink coffee, and we're really angry: We're like, 'Where's the Latino Museum?' Where can we go with our families, where can we go with our friends to learn about our history?

It's sometimes a little embarrassing to take selfies, but sometimes I want to take a selfie because I'm like, 'Oh I look cute. I like my hat. I like what I'm wearing, and I want to show it off.'

I definitely had to pave my own path, which wasn't always the easiest thing to do.

It's important that we vote, because this is how we can bring about change and bring about reform, and, honestly, I don't see Donald Trump, anything that he's saying to be effective or comprehensive. Instead of really uniting our country - we are the United States of America - he is dividing us.

I've experienced colorism in that way: where if you're lighter, then you'll potentially be accepted into society better than if you were darker-skinned.

Crazy Jane is a complex individual who always has a lot brewing. She tries to hold things together on the surface, which is something that we all try to do. She uses these different personalities to try to cope with life.

I'm not one for lying to children.

It has never been illegal to be a refugee.

Immigrants are working hard to give our families a better life. Isn't that what the American Dream is?

When you're the child of undocumented immigrants, you learn to keep your mouth shut.

I learned at a very young age that my parents were undocumented.

My parents have always been very honest with me.

I worked while in high school and college so that I could pay for school. I also had loans.

It's interesting when people access their inner little girl or little boy. I remember doing tons of those exercises when I was in school, where you're trying to dig into your vulnerability. There's no mask for a child, so all those feelings are real.

'Doom Patrol' is doing the most - and the wackiest - things, but when you've been alive in this time, you know it's actually not so wacky. Awful, strange, and inexplicable things do happen.