Personal Quotes

• When asked if there was a special man in her life: "Of course there was. I'm a normal woman. I may be a nice maiden. But I'm certainly no ice maiden."
• When asked if she missed having a family of her own: "There was a time when I did. Now, when I see so many marriages on the rocks, I feel I'm better off unmarried. So many couples are together because they have no choice."
• Explaining her decision to stop acting in films: "No more bhabhi or mother roles for me. I can't bear to see myself sobbing for some undeserving male who's out busy fighting the goons while I make his favourite dishes in the kitchen. I'd rather be out there doing all the 'dishum dishum'."
• Her respect for non-Indian films: "At least they are focused, compact and have emotions. No dhishum dhishum or five songs just to move the negligible storyline. . .I wish [Indian] films today were not copies of foreign film. There are good Hindusthani topics to pick from."
• "I share my birthday with that other far, far greater Gujarati, Mahatma Gandhi. But unlike him, I was anything but a peace ambassador. Whenever I entered the studio everyone would run for cover."
• "Today's songs are not very melodious. When you have a romantic song how can you have 100, 200 boys and girls dancing behind, where do they come and go, it looks very funny to me? Also the way of picturising a romantic song has lost its meaning. I may be totally wrong, but when we had these romantic songs, there was a story to tell in that song, whereas right now there are all exercises and aerobics going on."
• "Television needs a censor board.
• "Amitabh Bachchan will be on the screen for as long as he wants, not because he is Amitabh, but because he is a dedicated actor."
• "I would never like to show my actresses half-clad. Even if 'the script demands', let's leave something to the imagination, please."
• "People love vamps!"