There is a great DEAL of REWARD when you do GOOD work and people SEE how successful that work is and the happiness it brings to them.

My AUDITION for 'Dhoom Machale Dhoom' was the TURNING POINT of my LIFE.

Even during my YOUTH, I can RECALL very few black people LIVING on any kind of PUBLIC assistance. People were working, doing some kind of job that was USEFUL to the community.

As RELATIONSHIPS progress, the time you SPEND smooching diminishes. Where KISSING was once an enjoyable entree unto itself, it BECOMES a mere appetizer couples hasten through on the way to the main COURSE.

I was always the SLIGHTLY FAT kid, which USED to BOTHER me quite a bit.

Of COURSE I treat myself every now and then. Once a MONTH I might have pizza and red wine and MAYBE a dessert, but that's it.

There are some WOMEN who have made some really hurting remarks about my relationship with my husband Himanshu Malhotra. They EVEN DARED to ask me if I have divorced him just because I don't PUT my pictures with him too OFTEN. Now that is really ridiculous!

I LOVE NEW YORK. I've ALWAYS LOVED New York.

I don't feel like a dream GIRL, but I think it's really nice. I GUESS a part of me WISHES I got that sort of ATTENTION in my real LIFE. Because in my real life, I'm this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog.

It was as HELPFUL as THROWING a drowning man both ends of the ROPE.