Quotes from Freida Pinto

I love going into a country and just blending.

Having grown up in Bombay, from the day you're born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.

I'd like to jump out of a plane. I have a fear of heights I'd like to face.

In terms of romantic films, all-time romantic films, I really like 'Gone With the Wind.' And I realize I sound so cliched saying that, but there's something so absolutely romantic about it.

I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with.

I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.

I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities, and I'm proud to be a part of that cultural shift.

I absolutely love London; it is one of my favourite cities in the world.

I tell you why I like Chanel so much: when I started off, no one wanted to give me clothes to wear. Absolutely no one! All the labels said, 'Who is she?' But Chanel believed in me from the very beginning.

When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there's also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent.

It's not that difficult to say no when you don't want to do something.

Anybody, anywhere in the world, all they want is to be free, to choose what they want to do without having someone tell them how to do it.

Having grown up in Bombay, from the day youre born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.

I don't think Bollywood is only mindless cinema, but a lot of films they churn out are not films that I completely enjoy watching.

When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. And it's the same with actors. You have to commit yourself mind, body and soul to a project in order to do justice to it.

I did not particularly enjoy modeling. I felt I was only utilizing 10 or 20 percent of my abilities. In India, it's just another job.

Indian celebrities have the media and fans permanently outside their homes, and that would make me really uncomfortable.

One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

I actually didn't mind school, and I enjoyed university and college.

I went to an all-girls' Christian convent school run by nuns. It was fun, but when I was 15, I said, 'Mum, that's it - I need to go where there are some boys.'

Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no.

I'm glad I'm a strong person.

I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.