I think I am very disturbing on the set because I am singing all the time. I won't say I am a singer, but I do sing a lot.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor; I just did not know when and where. I was open to experimenting.

Wherever there is an opportunity is where you will find me.

It is immensely motivating to be given so much love and appreciation on IMDb, which is the biggest database for movies and celebrities in the world.

The Hindi film that I recommend is 'Ijaazat.' It is my most favourite film; it is a poetry in itself, and Gulzar Sahab is somebody I am a huge fan of.

I speak for myself... I am here to tell stories. I'm here to be an actor and not a superstar. If, in the process, that ends up happening, great. But that's not my endgoal.

If there's one thing that precedes my sleep, it's my work.

I am consciously selective of the work that I do.

I've never wanted to play the lead role; I make the most of whatever opportunities come my way.

While I was doing the first season of 'Girl In The City,' a lot of people remembered me through my character name. None of them knew my real name, and my onscreen name, Meera, became my identity.

It was my dream to start my creative journey with a Marathi play, but sadly nothing materialised. So, I took up some good English plays that were offered to me.

I just ignore the negative people and trolls. They stop bothering you when you don't acknowledge them; it suits me just right.

My job as an actor is to live the role that I do.

I sing all the time, and my co-actors from theatre arena feel that my choice of songs and timing is bad - not that I pay heed, though.

I love the fact that my hair has a life of its own.

I wouldn't attribute everything to luck. I think I am very hardworking, and nothing discounts hard work for anything.

Initially, it took me time to realise that I am sharing screen space with Irrfan Khan. But when I started working with him, a lot of times I would end up laughing in a scene.

I have never been to an acting school, and on the sets of 'Karwaan,' Irrfan was my acting school. By observing him, I learnt to improvise in the scenes along with focusing on the smallest of the details.

I cannot watch my performance as an audience because whenever I watch anything that I am a part of, I watch critically.

I always knew that I wanted to be an actor. I made my debut on stage when I was 12, and I was sure that this is what made me happy. However, nobody takes a 12-year-old's career choice seriously. Everybody laughed it off. I also ran away from it, but acting eventually found me.

I have grown up watching plays at Shivaji Mandir and used to participate in plays in school, too.

As an artist, Priyanka Chopra is quite inspiring - she is unstoppable, fierce, and she does everything!

I like to keep it bare minimum, be it make-up or accessories.

I love lipsticks and have quite a collection.

I shop once in six months. My friends often point at my shoes to tell me that they've worn out. It's embarrassing, but it doesn't affect me too much. I shop when I have to.

I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in 'Teardrops On My Guitar,' and she was like, 'Isn't this song great?' And everyone was like, 'Who's Taylor Swift?' And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.

You always want what you can't have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born, I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.

Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.

I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions - it's overwhelming, because things don't fade for me.

Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.

I don't think I'm alone in this: I'm obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.

I know for a fact that I'm problematic. I shouldn't be looked to for any kind of guidance.

My personality's very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.

I'm punk, but I love gold.

When you are a minority, it's your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work. Then you start to realise, 'Oh, I'm bending a lot,' and they're just standing there existing, and I'm bending around them. But you can't blame them: they don't realise it; that's just how they already existed. It's hard.

You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you're okay with who you are or where you came from.

When you're young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.

I didn't fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive, I created this 'ideal America.' Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, 'Oh, I don't belong here, either.'

I don't really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that's closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.

I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.

Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don't put much thought into.

I guess you can say I 'do the Twist.' I like playful dance moves that aren't too serious.

All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.

I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn't identify as that before I came here. People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.

As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.

Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.

The whole 'grunge-girl' comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.

I couldn't wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn't actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don't really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that's what I wanted to do.

I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want to do that anymore. It's not even that I don't like it anymore: it's that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.

On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I'm becoming a stereotype, but it's what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.