Anushka Sharma

Once, I was coming back from school, and there was this guy who was eve-teasing me and my friend. I had a Milton water bottle that I flung it at his face. My dad told me if you are in a crowded place and a guy eve-teases, you should make noise. I did exactly that and got people on the road to beat up the guy.

Just as you can't blindly follow fashion, you can't follow fitness, either.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

I don't think I was a good model. I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'Give us a blank look.' It was really difficult not to smile.

I will share a personal experience: my father was posted in Jammu & Kashmir during the Kargil war. I remember my mom sitting in front of television throughout the day reading tickers which had name of the martyrs.

I am a very basic person. I still believe marriage happens only once, and you have to sustain it.

I have done everything in my life very normally. And marriage is definitely there on my agendas in life. But I don't know when will it happen.

We shot many films in Delhi that turned out to be successful at the box office. So the attachment is definitely on the positive side.

I have got good films, and I am thankful to Aditya Chopra. He put a lot of faith in me.

As a viewer, I really want to watch author-backed stories, and there is something amazing about thrillers, the way it captivates your imagination.

Sometimes I get extremely disturbed with the things that are written. But you can't do anything about it. As a celebrity, you are putting yourself out there to be judged, and that's fine. I am now learning not to get affected by such things. I am building my career and making choices that I think are right while minding my own business.

Boys used to call me Soda in school days. Soda means 'serving officers daughters association.' I miss those days when I had a very protected life: one could get close and bond with other army people that they gradually would become your extended family.

Growing up, my parents treated my brother and me with absolute equality.

I do have moments when I feel insecure. I do have moments when I feel jealous, and that's normal. It's a very normal emotion. It's your action and your attitude and your reaction to that that is important.