My father is conservative but has always supported my decisions. He lets me take my own decisions. His only condition while allowing me to come to Mumbai was that my mother must accompany me.

One girl used to call me Brownie and tell me to go back to my own country. At lunch, I'd get a bag of chips from the vending machine and eat it in the storage room so I wouldn't have to see her.

I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.

I don't look at Hollywood as a big break. Indian film stands on its own.

I don't think Bond does too much; he's just suave and sexy. He rolls out with his martini and fancy cars. Wow, it sounds like my life already.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.