Sushmita Sen

If something really gave me immense happiness, I will remember it for the rest of my life in vivid detail. But if something bothered me, or I regretted it deeply, I will move ahead from it and forget.

With the amount of flops that I have seen in my career, one would think that my career would have been over long back. But it has sustained. And I truly believe it did because I lived life on my own terms.

I am from a middle-class family, and everything I have achieved in life I have only appreciated. I have never gone overboard because I have seen the other side of life. When you have seen the other side of life, you appreciate what you have.

As a kid, I wanted to do so many different things; I saw my aunt as an air hostess, and then I wanted to be an air hostess. I found it very glamorous, but when I flew for the first time in my life, and I saw how air hostesses have to slog and how they have to work with everybody going 'ting-ting' and how they have to keep on running up and down.

There is a very pensive and intense side to me that even I did not know someone could capture.

I don't want to bore people with things that don't matter to them. I want to share parts of my life that are universally true with other people.

I always dreamt of being famous, and dreams do come true.

Ask a celebrity what social cause he or she wants to take up, and many would say utopic things. For me, however, the decision is very clear... I want to do something for children, a category of people I am genuinely fond of.

I truly believe children learn by examples much more than what you can teach them verbally.

It is my childhood dream to have a Christian-style wedding, just like the fairy tales.

You have to be honest, even when you are upset with your child. Your intentions must be clear. You must never lie to your child.

If you don't believe I'm a professional, do not sign me. And if you've signed me on a certain belief, don't question my integrity.