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.

Your life could be falling apart, but for your audience, you have to put up a show.

Now, I realise that love is peace. Love is when you are with somebody, and it's okay, and you don't have to talk. Their presence is important.

When we show our flaws, we show the world that we don't look pretty all the time.

I was a dreamer, and I still am one.

Everyone goes through things; everyone has a story. That's why strangers are so interesting. I don't find a single human being boring, man.

I've always been sensitive and over-emotional.

After 'Raees,' I used to wonder how I'd feel working on another film and to do this and still enjoy it - I know now I like acting; I enjoy it.

I've been travelling, returning home for promotional appearances, and juggling it all with being the mother of a five-year-old.

I don't even have time to buy clothes.

I just want to do the best work wherever I go. It could be here in Pakistan or India or anywhere else.

When 'Humsafar' did well, every single person associated with it shined. Its DoP [Director of Photography], Shehzad Kashmiri, went on to become a huge director. So, a good and successful project just blesses everybody.

I do only one film at a time.

I do only one film at a time.

I am an anomaly in my country. I hope, in the coming years, there will be more women like me.

The success of 'Humsafar' comes with an added responsibility that whatever I do next has to be as good if not better, and I also don't want to miss out on my son's growing up years.

I have grown up watching Bollywood films, watching Shah Rukh Khan's films. I am happy that I worked with him.

I believe in one thing, and that is content, because if your content is strong, the film will surely be hit at the box office.

When you put so much effort and hard work in a project, you wish to see the results.

Bollywood was never really the aim, actually. I mean, sure, you could argue that I could have done more films there; for sure, I could have.

I don't think that I can tell any story better than the story of my own country, than the stories of my own countrymen.