When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else.

Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no.

Young women who want an education will not be stopped

I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.

As the worlds getting filled with temptations, were getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

More than anything else, if you can spend a great deal of dedicated time observing people without judgment, that can be a great way of learning.

The only thing I can pride myself on is making a really good breakfast.

One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

Here's another secret - I have really big feet. I'm a size ten, so every opportunity I get I buy myself shoes.

Being graded for memorizing male accomplishments with the deep message that we can learn what others do but never do it ourselves.

She almost never said his name. Because it made the dreams too real. Because it made the loneliness too tangible when she woke up.

When you get mad, it's the time you lose

I haven't asked you to make me young again. All I want is to go on getting older.

When memories fade, can one ever really return home?

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

I learned from my teachers but became through my music

I love Christianity, Islam and many other faiths - through Hinduism.

The Age of Adaline was very special because it marks for me the first male lead on a proper Hollywood production.