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" In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me. "

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" Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men. "

" It's very hard to live in an environment where you're reminded, constantly told that your existence just happens to be here... That you are not meant to be here. "

" In my film 'Queen', there was a funny moment with the bra. My director called and said they are blurring the bra. They said it is vulgar. Our director was furious about it. We are artistes... We see props as they are. A woman's bra is not a danger to the society. "

" I am not comfortable walking the ramp for just any designer. I am particular about who I associate with. "

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" I want to make films that cater to the world audiences. "

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" I think I am still underpaid. I want to make as much money as my male counterparts. "

" For me, to be in a place where I'm on the 'favourite' list of top directors I like, that's being number one. There is no other definition to me. It's not money; it's not how many songs you're seen in or how many clothes you're changing in the film. "

" Our society loves raw character; we love raw women. We don't love our mother because she is hot and sexy: we love our mother because she is our mother. We love our granny because she is our granny. We value her. We don't remember anyone's face from our childhood; we love our granny's face. "

" I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog. "

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" When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child. "

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" What can you do if they have slapped you with a legal notice? You have to reply. For all you know, they have taken you to jail or something. "

" Sometimes films might not work, but you as an actor should keep working. Because no matter how much you panic about how your film didn't work, eventually, when you step out in the real world, there are people who value you as an artist. "