PAYAL ROHATGI

In future I will surely look forward to doing Hollywood projects.

My role in 'Humsafars' is very interesting and unlike any role I have done in the past. Anam is a strong character with a few shades of grey.

I'm associated with bold scenes and I look glamourous.

I might be an actor professionally, but as a person I should know what our rituals, religion or our history is. Kumbh Mela really helps you in this.

Television is a huge medium and the best way to popularize yourself.

I've unfailing ambition.

'Laila' is very interesting and like Ram Gopal Varma's 'Darna Mana Hai,' it is episodic in nature.

I'm a private person and hate making friends.

When you surrender to God, He makes things happen.

When I joined Bollywood, I too wanted decent and challenging roles but there were no offers. Directors and producers look at me as a woman who is willing to expose and that is the only reason they want to sign me.

I am a girl, not a piece of meat.

It's wrong to say in India that a certain community is targeted while Hindus are allowed to flourish. This is wrong. Every community is allowed to flourish.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for good roles to come my way.

I will never want to be linked with a man who can't stand for his woman.

I know the audience wants to see me without clothes in my coming films. At the risk of disappointing them, let me say that it's simply not going to happen. I will not do any such film.

Well, I always wanted to work with Anubhav Sinha.

I was whisked away by the Rajasthan police from Ahmedabad as soon as they realised I had applied for bail. They first put me in a filthy cell in the police station, then took me to jail where I was locked up with five hardcore criminals. It was a nightmare. We had to sleep on the cold floor. That's where one sleeps in jail.

How long can you bank on your body and your face to help you get roles in films? At the end of the day, anyone who wants to be known as an actor wants to be appreciated for his/her work.

I have always been known for my glamour but I wanted to do something strong and substantial on TV, which is a woman dominated medium.

I faced a lot of backlash when I spoke about being sexually harassed by Dibakar Banerjee. Not directly, but indirectly, I was boycotted by the entire fraternity that supported the director, because it is a male-dominated set-up.

My fans will see me in a lot of different roles.

My intention has never to commit something wrong and I have always believed in abiding the law.

At one point of time, I would like to shoulder a film on myself.

Sangram is my best friend. He loves me more than himself and his absence in my life has brought a vacuum in my life.

My oomph factor helped me enter B-town. I have a naturally gifted body.