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.

The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you're asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer.

My ambition is to be happy.

All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood - all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience.

I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.

I love the Italian culture - it's a beautiful culture. I love the language, the Italian people, their music, their attitudes... I just love it! Sometimes I think I'm an Italian trapped in a Spanish woman's body.

I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.

I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I'm always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I'm on holiday.

I am a big fan of photography, more of being behind the camera - so when I get the opportunity to work with such great photographers, I always try and learn from their technique.

I just try not to label myself in any way. I just have an allergy to labels in general. I can tell you that I am surrounded by very strong women and that I really appreciate that, but I'd rather not label myself.

I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing.

There's a lot of work that goes into it - if you think about how many collections a year that Karl Lagerfeld has to do, with Chanel and all the other things he does - you can't do that unless you are working 18 hours a day. It's really a lot of hard, hard work.

I really like the Caribbean. Anyplace in the Caribbean. I get there, and I feel like a monkey - the perfect state.

Ever since I was a little girl, I've worried too much. It always bothers me because sometimes you end up worrying more about the worry and you are not resolving things that are right there in front of you. I have been like that all my life, and it's hard to change.

I only drive in movies. I know that's very weird to hear for an American. I have a weird relationship with it. I know how to drive, but I never went to take the test.

As a kid, I had a lot of energy; but the ballet lessons made me calm - this pleased my mother.

Madrid is what I call home, but also the States.

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.

My favourite actress is Meryl Streep. Oh, and Anna Magnani.

For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We understand each other really well. He gave me one of the best opportunities somebody has ever given me in my career.

I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it and been proud of it - women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn.

I don't know why, but women in a hair salon share their deepest secrets.