65 Quotes by Vidya Balan

Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.

I was a happy person before marriage. I'm definitely happier after marriage.

Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.

Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.

My so-called bad dress-sense phase happened when I was confused - I think I was taking advice all too often, without listening to my inner voice. Add to the fact that I was a little overweight; so every wrong 'outfit' got compounded all that much.

The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.

I'm not fashionable, and I know nothing about fashion, but I have my individual style, and style is eternal.

I eat every two hours. I sleep for eight hours. I have lots of water. I pray to keep calm. Most importantly, I have a smile on my face.

Fortunately, I've never been very conscious and inhibited of what I have to do. The camera's my soul mate.