Aishwarya Rai Quotes (20 Quotes)


    Professionally, I'm on a roll. I have no doubts about the way my career has been going. I've never felt the need to name-drop or align myself with a particular project just to stay in the news. Regrettably, I've had to dissociate myself from quite a few projects.

    Someone said to me this week that you are a Greek goddess with the soul of an Indian. What is the finest complement you have ever received The one that touched you the most,

    I have a great story to tell... and I tell it well. No holds barred.


    for me, it went beyond being a beauty queen. For me, it was about being the 20-year-old girl from India on international platform and a lot of people actually would assume that I wasn't even educated in India because of the way I'd speak. And they'd be like, 'Have you studied in India Do you actually speak English out there' and, I was like, 'This is so interesting that so many people know so little about my country.' and this is exactly what I wanted to do when I set out on this little mission in my head.


    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.

    Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset.

    I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run.

    Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

    I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging.

    I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops.

    Do I look like a masochist or the sort who'd go through physical or verbal abuse A year after my accident... when I fell of the stairs, I'm still being asked if I was physically abused. It saddens me that I'm being portrayed as this battered woman.

    We'll cross the bridge when we reach it, ... But yeah. We - let's see. We'll work on the story, work on the scene. I'll work on the part and, and let's see.

    Well, when people call me real. I love it. And it has a lot of meaning, ... It means a lot to me and it's touching. People would see that and acknowledge it.

    Okay, let's take statistics. How many interviews have I given you in the last six years Just five or six Doesn't that say something I hate to sound immodest, but this dates back to my personality since the age of 13. I've always got attention, which at times has been quite unwarranted.

    People just came in throngs and stood around. It was very overwhelming for my co-stars.

    It's a wonderfully told story, ... I look for work that is meaningful and where I can be able to contribute to tell a story.

    I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie.

    I don't want to win any brownie points for giving good copy to the press. I've been extremely dignified and well-behaved while dealing with journalists. So many journalists who have interacted with me have come away pleasantly surprised.

    I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously.


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