The success of 'Humsafar' comes with an added responsibility that whatever I do next has to be as good if not better, and I also don't want to miss out on my son's growing up years.

I am an anomaly in my country. I hope, in the coming years, there will be more women like me.

We cannot base our judgment on binaries such as a person's gender.

My understanding is the day I start looking at myself as a star is the day I will die as an actor.

But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.

The financing of all TV shows is dictated by finding an audience between 18 and 49. I have now passed beyond 49, so probably, I am no longer a desirable commodity for TV. And I am at peace with that; that's fine.

We've built the largest empire in the history of the world. It's been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It's only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort.

War may make us great, but let it never be forgotten that peace only can make us both great and free.