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" I am someone who can't hold on to negativity or hold on to grudges. I might feel something at a certain point, but I get tired after that. I don't carry it with me. I forgive and forget very easily, and that's the only way to be happy and peaceful. "

Deepika Padukone

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" The only day I will worry is if I stop getting exciting roles. As an actor, I have so much to give. There's a lot of fire and hunger in me to juice every part that I get. "

" I've always believed that as actors, one of the biggest advantages of being in the film business - not just of being actors, but being in this industry - is the fact that you get to travel so much, and you get to see places that you probably would not if you went just as a tourist. "

" You need to feel like you're wearing the clothes, and they're not wearing you. "

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" While I believe that when you are in the glamour industry, you have to look your best, I also believe being skinny is not 'hot and happening.' "

" I don't think I am a star; I consider myself like any other girl who is of my age. Others may be working in office and doing different jobs. Similarly I don't think I am doing something different... I am also working. "

" I have always believed that chemistry can't be created between two people. You either have it or you don't. The script can only enhance it. "

" I have fought my own battle with depression, and it was important for me to bring a little awareness about it for others. "

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" My character in 'Cocktail' was different from my personality. Homi Adajania took me to London, showed me how girls dress and behave there. I had not seen that kind of lifestyle before. "

" I hate kitten heels; they're useless. Either wear heels that are dangerous, or don't wear them at all. "

" I believe chemistry is based on the trust between two performers. What actually works is something intangible - being extremely comfortable in each other's presence. "

" You can't create chemistry. In fact, the chemistry between two actors is for people to see, sense, and judge. The only thing we can do as actors is to come on board individually because we feel the same kind of passion for a script and for a director to cast us because he feels that, as actors, we'll do justice to that part. "

" Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely. "

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" I'm such a big fan of Woody Allen. I once tried staying at the same hotel as him, hoping I would bump into him! "

" Food makes me happy. Make me work round the clock, but just feed me first! "

" I would like to believe that I am a collaborative actor. That's why I love all the directors I have worked with in recent times, as they are all collaborative directors. I think my constant desire is to keep bettering my own work. I don't get easily satisfied with my work; I am very critical of it. I learn from my mistakes. "

" I've not been in a live-in relationship. But I've been exposed to various kinds of equations that can exist between people. When I came from Bangalore, it was black and white. Over the years, I've realised that there's more to what we see on a day-to-day basis. There are all kinds of relationships, all kinds of equations. "

" When you work on a film, it's important to feel that you are starting afresh and doing it for the first time. Also, it's important to have those butterflies in your stomach; you need to wonder how you are going to approach the character and whether you will be able to do justice to the part. "

" The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest. "

" At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success. "

" My effort is to slip into any role that is offered to me. The minute you go into those costumes, those grand sets, and start prepping up for the role, you become the part or at least start feeling the part. "

" I need to be loved. I need to be nurtured. I also need peace and stability in my relationships. I can't be in volatile relationships. "

" I am methodical to the point of being obsessive-compulsive. And I have always been good at multi-tasking. "

" I have always been focused on my job. No profession allows you the luxury of being half-focused. If you're not into it, you're not there. And the film industry is all the more harsh in these cases, perhaps because it's a business of the limelight. "

" I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work. "

" There are certain things I talk to my mom and certain things I speak to dad for. But I also know that it has never been that I can tell my mum something and my dad won't know. They are very dependent on each other even though they may not say it or realise it. "

" Once the film is done, then I like to watch myself. I know some actors say that they get very self-conscious watching themselves on screen especially if they have to cry in the scenes, they don't like the way their face contorts, but I have no such issues. "

" Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way. "