I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed.

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Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they...

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they...

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.

I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest.

I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest.

When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a...

When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a...

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry...

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry...

When I'm not working, my time is really about my children.

When I'm not working, my time is really about my children.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something...

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something...

Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in...

Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in...

Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular.

Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular.

I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very...

I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very...

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to...

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to...

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work...

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work...

I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life,...

I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life,...

And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen...

And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen...

I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!

I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!

I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but...

I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but...

My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes.

My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes.

A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like...

A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like...

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.