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Quotes by Aishwarya Rai

Do I look like a masochist or the sort who'd go through physical or verbal abuse? A year after my accident... when I fell of the stairs, I'm still being asked if I was physically abused. It saddens me that I'm being portrayed as this battered woman.
– Aishwarya Rai
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
– Aishwarya Rai
I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run.
– Aishwarya Rai
I don't want to win any brownie points for giving good copy to the press. I've been extremely dignified and well-behaved while dealing with journalists. So many journalists who have interacted with me have come away pleasantly surprised.
– Aishwarya Rai
I have a great story to tell... and I tell it well. No holds barred.
– Aishwarya Rai
I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging.
– Aishwarya Rai
I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie.
– Aishwarya Rai
I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously.
– Aishwarya Rai
I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops.
– Aishwarya Rai
I've never wanted to be the flavour of the month. I'd rather be known as a sincere professional. It's never been important for me to be newsmaker or a dial-a quote wonder. That's not my deal at all.
– Aishwarya Rai
If 100 people tommorow say that the sky is fuschia pink and theorise about it in the papers, someone's actually going to believe that the sky is pink.
– Aishwarya Rai
My family is my strength and my weakness.
– Aishwarya Rai
Okay, let's take statistics. How many interviews have I given you in the last six years? Just five or six? Doesn't that say something? I hate to sound immodest, but this dates back to my personality since the age of 13. I've always got attention, which at times has been quite unwarranted.
– Aishwarya Rai
Professionally, I'm on a roll. I have no doubts about the way my career has been going. I've never felt the need to name-drop or align myself with a particular project just to stay in the news. Regrettably, I've had to dissociate myself from quite a few projects.
– Aishwarya Rai
Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
– Aishwarya Rai
Unfortunately my personal involvement in some of my projects is being misconstrued as high-handedness.
– Aishwarya Rai
Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset.
– Aishwarya Rai