I never do roles, I play people.

When I saw 'Lage Raho Munnabhai,' I felt proud be a part of the industry.

Art, I've always believed, is more real than life.

I wanted to be an actor since I was just nine-years-old.

The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.

Films are a long process and the script is the first part.

Cinema is not just a side show - it is something which is much deeper than that. It is a form of art which needs to be respected.

Nothing changes in the world because of cinema.

Web series is an outing that is favourable to actors.

No two love stories are the same though the love factor might be the same.

We used to stay in Aundh and as a kid I remember going to a single screen theatre to watch 'Sholay' with my family.

The city has given me space to think and that is one thing I love about Pune.

Before 'Sarkar,' I used to introduce myself as Kay Kay, the actor and then that got reduced to just Kay Kay as people realised that I am already an actor.

My mother was a housewife.

One fine day, I realised that advertising was not my calling. I closed shop and plunged into theatre.

I am born and brought up in Maharashtra so for me, Marathi is an often heard language.

Light-hearted films are not content-driven films.

People assume that displaying your own personal ego on screen is called acting, which is actually not what acting is about.

Vijay Mallya is a star, not an actor. Anybody who lives a lifestyle of that kind, is a star.

People should ask themselves why is it that they want to act.

I don't do films for charity any more. In the past, I've done that for friends or people who couldn't not afford to pay. But now money matters.

The whole format of an awards function seems to be tailor made for a television audience. I think it is just an ego boosting affair.

Bollywood is an industry that is closer to making more entertainment-based films than anything else because people here are bothered about money.

Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character actor,' I fail to understand what it means.

I believe the era of Amitabh Bachchan is not going to come back. He is the last star that we have.

Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.

I think every Indian knows how to play cricket.

I like to play non-cardboard characters. I try and bring out the many complex layers in the personality of the characters I play.

I have always believed that television is a very strong medium to convey stories, stronger than even movies. On television, you have more scope to explore a subject as it gives you more time.

As a kid you can sense fear, love happiness very easily.

I have never done any homework even when I was a child!

It's difficult to explain in words, but I enjoy doing films more than theatre. It helps me in experiencing moments of truth and I can write an entire thesis on my love for the medium!

I don't exactly relate to grey characters.

I have expertise of performing, not promoting.

People don't realise how dyslexia affects your confidence and how brutal it can be. People think you're dumb, and you know you're not. it's just how your brain works.

My first secondary school was in East Finchley, and I was one of only five white people in the year. I was really skinny and flat-chested with frizzy hair. I don't consider myself posh, but my mum brought me up to speak properly, and they picked up on that, as all kids do.

When I was growing up, we didn't have much money. What was important in my house was to have food on the table, be happy, and have our family.

I had a really honest conversation with my husband about equal pay because we met on a movie where he was paid more than me just because of gender.

'Skins' was the university for me. It was the best years of my life, really. We were all just a bunch of friends.

I didn't tell anyone in school that I was going to be in 'Skins.' I was terrified of them putting me down.

Being asked to memorise a script in one day when you have dyslexia is the same as having a broken foot and being asked to dance. You have to make exceptions for it.

My hair was always frizzy. I always wanted to be blonde with lovely straight hair. I was very skinny. I was quite tomboyish, just very quiet. I always wanted to fit in; I just couldn't.

The fight for equal rights or pay has become this thing where people expect actresses to talk about it. Why they feel that a man is worth more is an important issue to discuss - we are moving in the right direction, but we need to continue to talk about it and continue to label it as an issue.

Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market - I have so many vintage pieces from there it's unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules.

I'm the unhealthiest person in the world. I'm not fit at all.

I really take a lot of influence from London style.

The moors have this weird energy. They trap you.

I'm lucky to have fallen into this trade, and I'm still fighting to stay in it.

I like to work. I feel blessed that I'm working.

I'm finding a lot of actors my age now who are a bit more like me, and not as posh or brought up in a certain way. There's now people of all sorts of kinds of backgrounds.