My favourite food actually is chocolate cake. I need to have a slice of chocolate cake every single day, without fail.
Soha Ali Khan
Being the youngest sibling, I've always been the most pampered child.
I love my family for who they are.
Childhood is all about innocence. Being constantly surrounded by cameras and shutterbugs, makes children lose that innocence. It's terrifying and worrying, to say the least.
History has always fascinated me. Coming from a family that has it's own regal history, I always like places that have a rich past.
I don't know why I chose to make my debut with 'Dil Maange More.' The film had three leading ladies - Tulip Joshi, Ayesha Takia and me - opposite Shahid Kapoor. I was fresh to Bollywood at that time because I had just come back from England and had no clue about hero-heroine dynamics in India.
I'm a creature of habit and prefer spending time with the people who matter to me.
I really love playing badminton and doing crosswords.
If I can do it, men can certainly do it. It's interesting now to talk about equality in the home and involving men in household chores such that women don't have to over extend themselves doing both her job and coming home and doing all the household chores. So, that kind of sharing the load is something that I have seen in my family growing up.
I am the youngest in my family, and have never been responsible for anyone else.
I have my Masters degree in international relations, banking job experience with Citibank, and I have also worked in developmental organisations.
I hate confrontations.
Children always tend to imitate everything that we are doing in front of them.
Being in the limelight has made me more fashion forward because I am under constant scrutiny. So, I have no choice but to be fashion conscious but otherwise I am not so much into it.
Our minds are slowly changing and men are taking up larger roles at home, while women are doing the same at the workplace.
We are a family that likes to keep things abreast about what's happening in the country so dinner table conversations revolve around Social, political, films... a bit of everything. Films we talk about the least in fact.
I can be a different person at different moments. I may sound chatty and friendly but that could really be a reserved person trying hard not to appear to be an introvert.
Motherhood has changed me completely; you are not in control of yourself.
I think parenthood brought a certain change of habits in my daily days.
My career is important but it's not the be-all and end-all of my life.
I know I will always have something to do in life.
I wanted corporate experience before I joined films.
You grow as a person with every new experience.
I don't have a manager or a publicist and am hardly seen at film parties. I am not ambitious.
I am very stubborn.
I used to always look forward to my school summer holidays where Saba and I would go and meet bhai. It was exciting spending those two months with him. I always thought he was cool, with his long hair. We would watch him play cricket at his boarding school. He would take us out for dinner with his friends. Exciting times for a kid!
I am allergic to metals, so, I am minimal on accessories. Also, I don't wear watches.
I want to enjoy work and enjoy my life. I can't get stressed with competition.
It requires a huge amount of intelligence to be an actor.
It may sound funny to others, but there is a sense of freedom when I am able to live on my own, and as per my own set standards.
My mother always told me never offend a man's ego and never hurt a woman's emotions - an advice I will not forget to pass on to my daughter.
I've always felt when you are committed in a relationship, you have to work through the difficult times.
Mom gives me advice every single day, about how I'm not eating regularly enough, not sleeping enough, that I need to look after my skin, I shouldn't colour my hair, my eyebrows are too thin, etc. Most of her advice I discard, especially the thin eyebrows part.
It's all about good scripts and roles that count. The language barrier does not make any difference for me.
When you become a mother, you respect your mother so much more.
I am bound to get carried away by anyone who approaches me with a good script.
I'm very lucky that I have my mother - who was such a great actress - and my brother as family. Of course, I take benefit of that fact. I read scripts with them. We have discussions and I take in their inputs and advice about how to play a role.
To be honest, I was never against marrying Kunal.
A non-fussy home delivery of chicken biryani at 3 A.M., absolutely makes my day.
Iodine has an incredible effect on the development of a child, during pregnancy and afterwards as well. Iodine is one of the micronutrients that the body does not produce or retain. Therefore we need to have iodize salt.
I don't think anything changes after marriage. Things change in a big way after becoming a mother.
My mother has been in films for 50 years. She is very insightful. She has been invaluable to me in choosing films and other routine things.
I have always kept in mind that I come from a family that is recognizable in public. I have to act responsibly all the times.
We are a multicultural family. My mother is Hindu, my father Muslim. We celebrate every festival, be it Diwali or Eid.
It was very important for me to work in an office environment because I wanted the knowledge and experience of working in a team. That would help me as a human being. But I have always wanted to do films. It was instinctive.
I think it is crucial to diversify one's portfolio.
I have always felt the only reason to get married is to have children.
There is no perfect relationship. You have to work around the dissatisfaction.
My mother is a very liberal wife and mother, so there was no peer pressure to marry.
I can not cook and come back at late hours after work.
