Quotes from Riya Sen

I hate matching stuff.

I don't mind being called sexy, but I am much more than just that.

Shopping makes me happy, just like with most girls.

I think belly dancing is very sensuous.

Even when I went out, people had this perception that 'Oh Riya Sen' because they feel what you're on screen, you're the same in real life.

I am quite comfortable with the way I look and I am not doing anything to change people's perception.

I grew up with Tagore and nobody ever expresses the emotion of love like he did and he understood women so well. He is the perfect man everybody dreams of, including me.

So my first role was when I was five years old. I had one scene with my mom in a Bengali film called 'Gajamukta.' After that, I thought I'd become Madhuri Dixit.

Now that I have started acting in Bengali films, I will look forward to working with various directors.

My sister Raima, who is just a year older and my best friend too, is also an actress.

I am not a bimbo actress like some people out there have made me look like.

I eat everything under the sun and manage to do so as I control the amounts I eat, but I avoid binge eating.

'Shaadi No. 1' with David Dhawan didn't turn out to be the best, but it was a blast to work on.

Bharathirajaa taught me everything, from body language to emoting with one's eyes.

I tapped into my potential in Bengali films, which I don't think directors in Bollywood were able to understand.

Nothing really bothers me. I'm too engrossed in my own world to care less.

When you start your career, you act in all kinds of movies. You don't pick and choose. But later on, you may feel that there were some films where you should have given a second thought before saying yes.

No boyfriends please. They are just waste of time, and frankly speaking I don't have time or energy to run after boyfriends.

It wasn't me. I couldn't go on set every day, get my hair curled for hours and sit with all that make-up. It just didn't do it for me. I took a conscious decision to stop working in Bollywood movies at that time.

I always wanted to do a web series where I play a negative character, or someone who's a druggie, or a spoilt child.

Before social media actually came into play, there were only journalists, who would represent you. If I went to a party, I was written about negatively or sometimes in a positive way as well but it never was the actual thing.

I was controversy's favorite wild child.

My name is always just added into any controversy without clarifying with me first.

I was open to taking risks and learning from my mistakes.