I am really OK with the way I look. It is fine. All this is transient. I mean, it is really, you know, it changes with time, and that is the external.

Aishwarya, my parents daughter, has been brought up with enough values inculcated where I will use my discretion in my choices. At the same time, I recognize I am an actor, I am an artist, and if I feel the need to be liberated and do the kind of work I need to do, I will.

With each film, I get more and more involved and it is more and more time-consuming. Also, I like to break myths and peoples preconceived ideas. My characters have always stood for something, have always had an opinion, although they've never really rebelled.

Weight gain can happen at any point in time, and it is something that you are dealing with anyway, and it is OK. It is ridiculous to have this dictate your very being because I have always said that it is not the outside that defines who you are.

By virtue of my job, I am traveling. You get to spend very little time with your family. We hardly get to meet each other except on the one odd day we really get to spend time, have dinner together. And that is rare, and we cherish it.

I should be accused of bias, but worldwide currently Pa [Amitabh Bachchan] is absolutely iconic, he is celebrated, he is respected. He definitely is deservedly iconic, and I say this without any bias, and if I am accused of it so be it.

Even prior to marriage and motherhood, it is always been about prioritising and focusing on what you can commit to. That is been my approach to every aspect of my life, be it my relationships or my professional commitments.

I will not do something professionally just because someone is like, you know, this will shock people! Imagine seeing Aishwarya like this today. Please! That’s not a good enough reason.

It is unbelievable that people have the time and inclination to be as negative as they are on a public platform about people who accomplish whatever they do in the public eye.

Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I am comfortable and so much I have declined because I have not been comfortable.

I have always been a person who is extremely comfortable in my skin. I have always just been myself in all these years on the public platform.

The day I got married and I had a husband and in-laws in my life, my parents did not cease to be remotely less important or less my priority.

When it comes to food, I love my food, I am comfortable with my foods. I have never dieted. Never. I really enjoy food.

I just take on what I can commit to completely at that point in time, and that way you will be able to give your best.

I know for a fact that if there is a role which I am suited for I will be signed on. I will never go begging.

Despite being in showbiz, I have a very real approach to my life. It plays off with my social life.

I really do not work to a plan, but I just do what interests me and what I like to do.

For me, it is not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.

God has given me plenty of reasons to smile and I feel it is time to spread it around.