Quotes from Asin

I believe that if you acheive success, you will also experience failures in life.

I was always fond of books right since my childhood days. Even as a teenager, books were my company. Not that I did not have friends, but books kept my occupied most of the time.

Having done movies in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi, I have been accepted both in North and down South. I don't believe in divisions. I like to believe that I am working in the Indian film industry.

'Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi' has a very nice subject which I think could be remade into a Hindi film. It was my first film in Telugu for which I got Filmfare Award for the best actress.

I had promised myself that after 'Gajini,' I would go back and take a break. However, 'London Dreams' began almost immediately.

I have never left the Tamil film industry and have always maintained that I'm open to good projects. I have not restricted myself to any one industry.

Kollywood is my parent film industry. It was here that I was born as an actress and grew as an artist.

I don't like discotheques, pubs, or late-night parties.

I am flexible and comfortable enough to pull off any genre.

I started learning Bharatnatyam from the age of three. I have also learnt folk dance.

I think I'm very fortunate to have a pan-Indian appeal.

'Housefull' was an enjoyable film, and I thought it would be nice to be part of the franchise.

I'm not afraid of colours. In fact, I love them. I like experimenting and wear funky colours for fun.

I feel very happy that the society has matured and parents have opened up to their girls studying more and becoming working professionals and becoming bread winners for themselves.

It is rare for an artist to get acceptance by the north as well as the south audiences, and I have thankfully managed that.

I once bought a winter jacket on one of my travels abroad - definitely an extravagant purchase because I hardly have any use for it, since I live in Mumbai!

Women are no longer just born to be married. We are here to compete with everyone and make a place for ourselves under the sun on our own.

I'm not much of a party-goer, though I do love to hang out and chill with my friends at home.

Acting is a career, and you can't expect everything to work out the way you want. One has to be mature enough to handle that.

Now that I am a part of the Hindi film industry, I hope I can do different roles with a lot of scope.

I know Hindi.

Money is not the driving force behind my decisions to accept or reject a project.

Salman is a very relaxed and chilled out guy with no pretentions. What you see is what you get. That's great in an industry which survives on creating images and personas.

Apart from English, I speak my mother tongue Malayalam, as well as Tamil, Telugu, and a bit of Kannada and French.