Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.

Only a good actor has an edge over a weak actor. A hardworking actor has an edge over a lazy actor. Nationality has nothing to do with it.

Luckily, I've had the chance to perform with some of the best actors in Pakistan, who helped me out a lot on set.

I did meet Shah Rukh. He was very kind.

If people can come out of 'Bin Roye' feeling even just a little bit of what this character felt, and touched your heart, that's enough for me.

The most vital thing for an actor to deliver a great performance is to be honest to the role he or she is playing.

My directors are always more confident about me doing a role than I am.

I am very much open to Bollywood and would love to work in great stories.

I loved 'Highway.' It was amazing. I have watched Imtiaz Ali's other films, too, and he is one of my favourite Bollywood directors, besides Vishal Bhardwaj and Mani Ratnam.

I know it's easy to say the box-office numbers doesn't matter, but the reality is it actually does.

I'm doing 'Maula Jutt 2,' which is a Punjabi film. For me, it's a new experience because I have never spoken Punjabi, and I hope everyone is going to love it.

Every character is challenging because, at the end of the day, you have to make something out of it.

I have been lucky with the people that I've worked with - and I have worked with very few people.

The fact is I've always been such a big Bollywood fan, from the time I was very young. I remember I'd watch new Bollywood films every Thursday night on a video cassette.

My parents were like these hippies almost: they are free-spirited, but they were also strict - which seems like a weird dynamic - but it worked.

I romanticise every moment of my life, and that is why I have fallen in love with life.

As a child, I used to steal Indian film magazines.

I want every single person to like my work.

I have a lot of respect for actors who do comedy. They do it naturally.

I do feel it's tougher to make a comic scene work than performing an intense scene, for example.

Once I did a film like 'Verna,' which was emotionally draining, I knew I needed to do something lighter and entertaining.

We cannot base our judgment on binaries such as a person's gender.

I wish I had gone to Cannes with a film, but I had gone there for L'Oreal Pakistan. I cannot tell you the people that I was around, from Helen Mirren to Jane Fonda. It was a proud moment on the red carpet when they announced my name and said 'Mahira Khan from Pakistan.'

I've suffered from anxiety and a lot of other things.