Films like 'Shaan,' 'Sholay,' 'Muqaddar Ka Sikander' and so many others... they've been a part of my growing up years.

I don't disown feminism, but I don't believe in such labels.

I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

Most stabilizing part of my career is that I have done all genres. I hate classification.

Teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with ten or eleven years of experience as human beings. It is, I think, a magical time - when so much has been learned, but not yet enough to entirely extinguish the magical reach and freedom of early childhood.

I have learned to be ready for anything - and be there for my kids. That's what life's all about.

Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.

As an athlete, that's something I always take with me. You fall every day, whether it's in a job, or you miss something else, but you learn how to do it better next time. You learn it in sports. That's a life lesson.