Aishwarya Rai

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: I have a great story to tell... and I tell it well. No holds barred. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

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

Quote: My family is my strength and my weakness. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

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

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

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

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: People just came in throngs and stood around. It was very overwhelming for my co-stars. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: But I have made no conscious effort to look battered and bruised. It is just the way one feels when one is put in a certain traumatic situation. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops. [Aishwarya Rai]

Quote: 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. [Aishwarya Rai]

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