I am not someone who will pick just any role in order to work. I want to attempt different characters.

While people loved me in Tashan-E-Ishq,' there were some who felt that since I am a Punjabi, I managed to get it right. The actor in me was really offended. So I took up Dil Se Dil Tak,' as I had to play a Gujarati girl in it.

Reality shows help us create a balance between our real and reel side.

I am born and brought up in Kota, Rajasthan.

I did my graduation in hospitality in Jaipur. When I was working, I started getting offers in modeling and did a few South films.

I always wanted to be an actor and my parents were happy with my decision. But that happened later. They were apprehensive initially because I have an MBA degree and I used to work for American Express' marketing team.

I started television in 2015.

I must have worked with over 100 actors, but I think there are four to five names I count on my fingers and say they are my friends.

As far as controversies are concerned, as an actor for the first time when there was something written about me I was affected. But then I decided that this is part of my profession.

The thought that came to my mind when I was called for Naagin' was, Oh my god!' The next one was, I have to become thin now to look like a nice, hot naagin.' I was like, Jasmin now you have to stop eating butter chicken and pizzas!'

I am eating healthy and I am trying to work out so that I look the best.

Social distancing won't end with the COVID-19 crisis but will stay with us and will become part of life.

Post-lockdown period, not just shoots, I think the world is going to change in many ways. In shootings, maybe Covid-19 test results will be mandatory, social distancing will be the norm, as will controlling manpower.

I don't think I will ever take up supernatural or thriller shows as I do not relate to them.

When you play a daily soap character that character lives with you for a really long time.

I love to watch Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai.' The comic timing of the actors is amazing. It makes me laugh endlessly sitting on my sofa.

My problem is I cannot be manipulative and diplomatic. And to survive on a show like BB,' you have to be very smart. I cannot put so much pressure on my mind. It will be a mental pressure on me.

Unfortunately, people always tend to think that girls are weak when it comes to physical tasks. The pressure is there to prove them wrong.

In a time when supernatural dramas are taking charge, Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji' is a slice-of-life story. I have grown up watching such shows and I am sure the audience will love it too.

I am quite an easy going person so I get along with my co-actors quite easily.

People complain about not having a social life and always working. But I enjoy working.

One of the reasons I love acting is because I'm so interested in other people's lives, and I often incorporate things I hear or observe into my work. I've become a bit of a 'person addict,' and so I like brushing up against lots of different characters.

Comedy lives on in the web and TV, but nobody's pressing comedy albums anymore.

Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.

The pilot of 'Seinfeld' was made and dropped. 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to go to series.

Is it my end-all and be-all to become a standup comic? No.

Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don't necessarily think they are bad.

I met the real George Steinbrenner on only one occasion when he actually came and played himself on an episode of 'Seinfeld.' He seemed to really enjoy himself. I did not get to know him, but the fact that he allowed himself and his beloved team to be satirized on our show is an indication to me of his true character.

If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.

The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so unimaginable, if not ludicrous, as to make them almost comic. But the cast is constantly changing, the audience is often disengaged, and it seems at times that no one is actually running the show.

I guess the Reagan era is defined as the 'I want it all for me, and screw everybody else' era.

I still don't know much about directing a movie.

Acting is not terribly important work, and I have always felt a bit of guilt about pursuing something that is so selfish. I love doing it, but it is never something that feels like it's going to change or save the world.

I love smart comedy.

Actors go, 'I just want to act.' And I say to them, 'You know, stop for a second and think about what charges you up the most. Do you want to be on the stage, do you want to be in film, do you want to be a comic actor? Do you just want to make it for the money and capitalize on your look and do commercials and soaps?'

I'm a singer and performer in a hybrid show that's standup, music and audience participation.

Poker is just a hobby I'm passionate about. It's not supposed to bring glory.

You know, because of the lack of budget, we had to find neighborhoods where time had stopped - kind of stuck in the '50s. And no place had that better than Staten Island.

There are always things that I'd love to do. As an actor, none of them are specific; all I'm looking for are things that are good quality, that are challenging for me to work on, and even better if I get to work with people that I respect and am excited to work with.

We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.

The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.

I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.

I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.

Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.

But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker.

The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.

But I didn't know much about directing a movie.

The show is like an Edwardian play - emotional life gets stepped on for the sake of accepted manners, and that's terrific for actors to play in.

I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.

I had gone to the doctor. The doctor said, 'You're healthy as a horse. You've got two weight problems - two health problems because of your weight. Please do something.'