I am used to looking good. In a way, if I thought I looked like the back end of a bus, I probably wouldn't have done 'Strictly Come Dancing' and gone out there in public.

The way I am, I like to look forward instead of looking back.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not.

When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.

My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to be insanely jealous. It comes out of insecurity. It can come and go, but you get to the point in life where you don't have this raging jealousy and protectiveness about your world.