Quotes from Lara Dutta

In any relationship, only if both partners bring in emotional, financial commitment and honesty in equal measure, can there be harmony.

Reading helps you to be knowledgeable. It also improvises your vocabulary. It's a very good habit, extremely essential.

I have been a voracious reader.

New York, Dubai and London are places where I love to shop.

I personally believe that when you attempt something with your loved one, you are bound to succeed.

To be brutally honest, when you win a title like Miss Universe, your entire life turns topsy-turvy for one year.

I think I am a savvy businesswoman.

I love animals, especially dogs, as I can have them as pets too.

I love working out, from kick boxing to Pilates I have done it all.

I have been extremely cautious in selecting my films.

It is very important to just be real and have a good check on reality in life.

I try to do justice to whatever roles I take up and it really doesn't bother me whether I am paired opposite a superstar or a newcomer.

Motherhood takes vanity completely out of the picture. Comfort is the key. When you are coming out of a plane after a 9-hour flight with drool all over your clothes, the last thing you are worried about is being photographed. You just want to take your kid home.

Most people think that action movies are difficult and comedies are easy, but it's actually the opposite. Comedy can be a lot of hard work too.

A career is about learning to adapt yourself to the new environment and learning to sink or swim.

Swimming gives me immense satisfaction.

I have fruit juices, cucumber juice and coconut water to cool myself in the hot weather.

I don't believe that if you love somebody you have to possess him, live with him or marry him.

When in a movie like 'Housefull' you have to create comedy out of falling on a glass table or jumping from huge heights, it's all action, but packaged as comedy. Here you don't just have to perform a heavy-duty action sequence, but you have to make it look funny and that is really difficult. But it's fun... and I really enjoy it.

I've been my normal self during pregnancy. I want other women who get nervous and anxious to experience the same comfort as me and to not feel awkward about their weight or baby bump.

Being pregnant and carrying a child is a blessing unique to womankind and a mother instinctively wants the best for her child.

It is about priorities in life and for me, ever since I have been a mom, my family and kid have been my first priority.

As a producer, I wanted to make medium-budget films, and I did.

Being in the profession of acting, I definitely have to be a people's person and socialise when it's an absolute necessity.