Mallika Sherawat

"I would like to say I handle criticism well. In fact I enjoy reading the comments of the critics. Its great to have critics blasting you all the time. It keeps you on your toes, spurs you, challenges you, makes you want to get better. I take everything positively. Theres so much to learn and do."

"I never wanted to belong to a crowd. I never had a herd mentality... I always knew what I wanted and I made sure I got it. And I always knew that I wanted to be an actress. I exist because I can act. I will not sit here and say, Arrey, by chance, offer aa gaya (I got the offer by chance). No, I made acting happen to me. The first opportunity I got to act, I grabbed it. Nobody had even heard of me till a couple of years ago. But its by sheer hard work and focus that I am here. Also, I think I chose the right scripts. Like Robert De Niro says, Talent is in the choice you make!."

"I think a woman whos confident, whos aware of her own abilities and her own limitations and who accepts gracefully failure as part of her life. All this combination makes a beautiful woman."

"I am indeed veg and proud of it! How do you think I maintain this body figure?"

"I may not be here to titillate, but I am not sorry if I have that edge. People arent coming to the theaters to see me in a burqa"

"If a chemical drug like Viagra is accepted by society and by the world to ignite desire, then what is the problem with my audio-visual drug called cinema which ignites desire? Both are basically doing the same thing!"