I am very critical about the way I look.

There are days when there's no will to do anything. It's not easy for someone in my profession, because you are always meant to be in the limelight. I can't just not turn up, as I will come across as unprofessional, and people won't work with me anymore.

When I see myself on screen, I am always looking at the bad bits and finding fault in something or the other.

When you are working with likeminded people, then there are no pretences.

When you are working with actors who are secure, who have nothing really to prove, it gets a lot easier working with them.

We actors get a lot of love, but at times, we get double the amount of negativity for no reason whatsoever.

I think marriage and live-in relationships aren't really different. It is just a piece of paper that separates the two.

My basic knowledge about Punjabi comes from films.

There is a glimpse of me that I'd like to keep private. And I believe that is necessary for my kind of sanity. I'd not like the world to know everything about me.

A lot of people say I am very mysterious. It takes a lot to know me.

I'm a fairly mature woman, and I've realised that I'm not going to grow if I keep thinking, 'The other heroine in the film is so much better than me.' I would rather take inspiration from them.

If I'm going to get overshadowed in a film, it's because of something that I haven't done, not because of what the other heroine has done or because I've focused on the amount of scenes she had in the film.

I don't like being jealous.

It would be prudish to say, 'I don't want to be a prop in a film,' because there are certain films I've loved doing, as I have looked very glamorous in them.

I have been parts of some films in the South where I didn't expect certain shots to be shot in a certain way. I wasn't experienced enough; I was very naive. I didn't have the standing of an actor to say that I don't want to do this shot.

I was this very self-conscious, shy person once I hit my teens.

I was always like the wallflower.

I never thought I'd be somebody dealing with anxiety or depression.

Marriage is great for some; it makes them better people. For me, commitment doesn't have to be marriage. It stems from the fact that I have a Westernised world view.

Marriage isn't important for me. It's just a social announcement where we splurge on feeding a lot of people.

I fell in love with films only two years after working in films.

I think what matters is whatever you do on screen should be good irrespective of the time you have on screen.

I am a massive foodie.

At one point, you start wondering if being talented in Bollywood is enough, or you need connections.

I love watching funny films.

I always wanted to play a Punjabi girl because I always found them very colourful, in a way. There's always a spark to all the Punjabi girls I've seen onscreen.

I'm a Goan girl.

I feel that I don't have to have it all together all the time. I don't have to be this smiling face for the public.

I am a public figure, but I am not public property.

I know that when people ask me about my boyfriend, they're not disrespectful but just curious.

I was a complete tomboy. You'd never see me wearing skirts.

I was only 18 years old when I started acting.

My entire life goal was to be accepted by everyone. I think that's what I wanted the most. I never got it.

I'm just going to keep pushing and try and be the best of version that I can be of me.

I personally feel my equation with Varun Dhawan is on a different level. I share a great rapport with him. He is very charming, matured, and he knows what to say when.

Anxiety has been a big problem for me, but I think my biggest struggle has been depression.

I'm aware that I am flawed. I'm aware that I have issues. I'm aware that I need to be able to be healthy, not just physically but mentally.

Work is secondary - for me, what's important is having a close-knit family and having someone you can call family.

Every student has something to offer, and every student deserves a nurturing learning environment.

Hope will be found by understanding that diversity is the essence of the American Dream and why we need each other to fulfill it.

I am much more interested in defending my ideas than defending my identities.

I believe women and minorities often wait for permission to be invited to something; we need to stop doing that.

If we are not actively fighting against regressive ideologies, we are contributing to making them grow.

We must see others' struggles as our own, and their success as our success, so we can speak to our common humanity.

I've always said you get what you organize for.

I believe in the ideals of America, in liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness.

As an immigrant, I truly believed when I was coming to this country that people had the tools necessary to life to live a life that is prosperous, that is just and free. So, every single day, I am shocked with the hypocrisy of this country. That we are the wealthiest nation in the world. But we cannot figure out how to house our homeless people.

I invited President Trump twice now to come meet my family and my community because he seems to have a lot of opinions about the kind of people we are.

Life in Somalia before the civil war was beautiful. When the war happened, I was 8 years old and at that stage of understanding the world in a different way.

I have a duty to teach my people about their rights and protect them from being bamboozled.