65 Quotes by Vidya Balan

It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.

Sexuality, desirability has nothing to do with body type. It has to do with how you feel from within. I was at my fattest best in 'The Dirty Picture,' and I was called the most desirable. So there you go. I am quite well-endowed, so I have no complaints.

I'm someone who believes in 'live and let live,' and that applies to everything.

I eat to live and not the other way around. As a vegetarian, I'm not at all fussy about food and can make do with anything.

Marriage is something I'd recommend everyone to try, if you find the right person, of course.

Women need to learn to value themselves. But that has to be inculcated in men as much as women.

It gives a different kind of high when, as an actor, I get to submit myself to the character I play.

Black coffee is the latest fad I have picked up. Then there are my endless cups of chai! I'm trying to cut down and keep it to no more than three cups a day.

From Shakespeare to Robi Thakur, everyone has written stories about people and incidents around them. There is no creativity minus reality irrespective of how flowery or abstract you make it.