Quotes About Transition

I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.

I almost had to exhaust myself at modeling before I could say, 'O.K., I'm ready for school.'

I started with the modeling.

A lot of actresses start out modeling because it's a great way to sort of get your foot in the door. That's all it is, though. They open the door, and you have to walk through it.

I just fell into modeling.

Modeling is where my career started, and it's not something that I think I'm ever going to fully say goodbye to.

Before getting into movies, I decided to get modeling or acting assignments in Delhi.

My love for cricket, body-building and martial arts later helped me in modeling and then acting.

I just wanted to be the best dietician in the world - but then modeling took over.

When I came back to go back to school on my time off from modeling, I went to Palomar.

That year of modeling, I grew up a lot - I was alone in New York and just grinding and making it work, and I feel it kind of prepared me for the responsibilities of being an actor alone in L.A. and taking care of yourself.

Modeling was sort of a way to not work in a bar - it gave me time to really think about what I wanted to do, and things I liked and didn't like.

Initially, I got admission in Hindu College, but it was far from my home in Malviya Nagar. Since I was modelling, too, I opted for Gargi.

I didn't think there was life after modelling, believe me. It's a hit to the ego when you are not the diva on the set any more. But I think what keeps me going are challenges. I love when people tell me I can't do something.

For me, modelling has been an advantage because if I hadn't been modelling, I would never have been spotted as an actress. I didn't have any intention of becoming an actress.

In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started.

I've acted my whole life pretty much, but then just got more into modelling.

I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.

Modelling was never in my plan. Never.

I went to a hotel to become a chef and then tried becoming a flight attendant, but no one took me. I then worked in a travel agency and got into advertising and modelling after someone spotted me. So I started doing ads. I did 'Charminar' ad, because of which I got two films.

Modelling is something I couldn't see as my forte or something that I would do for the rest of my life.

I did modelling for five years, then I felt I wanted to do something different and challenging.

I started modelling from the age of 16, and within three years, I was bored and decided to shift to films. But I love modelling because it gave me independence.

It has been quite a journey from Miss India to modelling and acting.