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Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents.

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.

It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not worried.

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

I love hearing my audience breathe.

I love love songs. But I love pop music as well: Girls Aloud, Kylie, the Spice Girls, East 17, Mika.

If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy. And then I don't know what I'll do. Get married. Have some kids. Plant a nice vegetable patch.

I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent.

I just think of myself as a hard-working person who loves my job.

I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.

I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.

I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.

Personally, I love Toronto.

I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.

I don't really discriminate with my art. To me, it's my art, and it's to be expressed through whichever medium is there, whether it's treading the boards in the theater, on the small-screen TV, or on the large screen. I love theater, and it's definitely something I would love to do.

Perhaps because my background is theatrical, I have a great affinity with the classics. Hamlet has always been a character of great interest to me and a character I would really love to play. Or a character in a Tennessee Williams play, maybe Tom in 'The Glass Menagerie.'

I feel that I don't know anything, I don't know how to act, but I can surrender myself to a director I respect and love. I feel very lucky to be a part of their visions.

I'm very clear about my priorities - quality and credibility is important to me. A film and a character that lives beyond my years is important to me. People's love is important to me.

I love minimalistic jewellery with a contemporary touch.

I can be sweet-looking innocent girl, but I may have a sensual side to me, which I would love to explore.

My family was extremely progressive. My parents had a love marriage, but they separated when I was two years old. I moved to Delhi with my mom, who got involved with the family business.

My formative years were not spent in Hyderabad, so I can only understand Telugu, but I love the culture.

It is very natural for a couple in love to be physically intimate.

I don't like talking about my love for singing.

I love that I have no inhibitions. I like to be shameless in front of the camera.