Honestly, surviving in 'Bigg Boss' was a cakewalk as compared to staying in 'Survivor,' where we had to live in primitive-age conditions, even generating fire on our own.

I have been politically victimized.

I won't stop making videos and exercising my freedom of speech.

I will try exercise my freedom of speech by avoiding legalities.

It is very easy to play a sweet girl-next-door but difficult to portray a grey character.

In normal life, we are all sweet and not vamp. So, to play a villain a lot of focus is required.

I am a learner and always learning. I want to push myself to the farthest limits.

I am always experimenting with roles.

I stopped getting films. So I had to move to television. I kept myself alive with stage shows.

I have always had a career, be it modeling, reality TV, or even my not-so-great films.

Actresses in this industry do not talk to one another.

I'm thinking of running off to L.A.

I am a girl, not a piece of meat.

I faced a lot of backlash when I spoke about being sexually harassed by Dibakar Banerjee. Not directly, but indirectly, I was boycotted by the entire fraternity that supported the director, because it is a male-dominated set-up.

In fact, I had never imagined that seven years after my ordeal, the #MeToo movement will start and that I will be talking about it all over again. This is nothing but karma. Dibakar has directed six films, even though I didn't get any films after I went public with my allegations.

I blindly trust Sangram.

'Laila' is very interesting and like Ram Gopal Varma's 'Darna Mana Hai,' it is episodic in nature.

Feminism in India is very fake.

I do not come from the industry. But I have realized that it's very important to work with senior directors and good production houses. It makes a lot of difference.

I love wearing saris, and everyone around me tells me I look good in them.

Slumdog Millionaire has been a great achievement. It has opened the doors of Hollywood for Indian cinema.

My fans will see me in a lot of different roles.

Kumbh Mela is the best way to get an insight of our culture.

When I joined Bollywood, I too wanted decent and challenging roles but there were no offers. Directors and producers look at me as a woman who is willing to expose and that is the only reason they want to sign me.

If the audience gets to see anything in abundance, they lose interest.

I think for an upcoming actress the biggest challenge is that sometimes there are situations when she has no luxury for rehearsals.

I think if somebody doesn't have the time to work on a relationship, then they shouldn't get into it.

Just because I'm quiet that doesn't mean I'm fake and artificial.

I will never want to be linked with a man who can't stand for his woman.

I do a lot of kick-boxing to keep in shape.

I won't play any blame games for my films that didn't work. But I've been working towards getting good roles. Even Abhishek Bachchan became a superstar after delivering 17 flops.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for good roles to come my way.

My competition is with my growth to where I want to see myself.

If my career isn't moving ahead I may consider TV.

I've always tried to make the impossible turn possible for me.

I've unfailing ambition.

I'm a private person and hate making friends.

Well, I always wanted to work with Anubhav Sinha.

I have not been taken seriously as an actor.

I want to do something that is meaningful. After working for all these years, I want to do better as an actor now and choose roles that are challenging and satisfying.

I have the right to speech and expression and I won't leave that.

My intention has never to commit something wrong and I have always believed in abiding the law.

I don't live in the past.

You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.

Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.

When I was 16, I got 'Jamon, Jamon.' Of course, I had to lie about my age. And I had to lie to my parents about the content of the script.

I was raised Catholic, but then I discovered Buddhism, and I used to have a boyfriend who was a Scientologist, and they are all good religions that help people. As far as I'm concerned, you can have all three religions at once and it's okay!

I learned English kind of late. I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn't speak a lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing.

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

I have a strong personality, and I say what I think.