"I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'"

"When I was younger I was fat. I was never conscious of it and was content with who I was because I was so loved. My mother never told me to lose weight and my father doted on me, but my agent told me. I tried, but I loved Indian food too much."

"My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.'"

"I like to cook Indian food when I can. I find the process of creating a home-cooked meal to be unwinding."

"Time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences if they're not, he'll suffer for it."

"Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character."

"My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I did wrong. Never what I did well."