I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.
Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent
Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.
No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.
Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.
Education can really transform the insecurities in the world into a bigger vision of what we are as human beings.
I think education has a bigger impact on the lives of people than absolutely anything else.
Empowering women is key to building a future we want
The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.
Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.
Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
Even when I was Miss World, I did all the dressing up I could, so the pretty face thing was done. But it was never about just looking pretty with the crown, I always wanted to make it more than that - I wanted to make it about beauty with a purpose. So I carried that into my films as well.
The larger the audience the better. The more pockets in the world, the more interesting and exciting because it just makes it that much more liberating. This makes it that much more liberating for the various facets of creativity to be explored.
Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host's grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema.
I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.
Fame is directly related to the kind of support you have from an audience and the love and support I have from audience is so immense and so huge, that the percentage of negativity is so small compared to that that it would be very easy for it to lose itself.
Even prior to marriage and motherhood, it's always been about prioritising and focusing on what you can commit to. That's been my approach to every aspect of my life, be it my relationships or my professional commitments.
Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I've gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just doesn't make you feel fatigued.