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I think early in my career, I didn't choose films that were crappy films, necessarily, but I didn't go out and campaign for smaller, better roles.

I wasn't turning down film roles, let's put it that way. I was never really on that radar.

I have been offered roles in mainstream films which have not been interesting to me. They have been too insignificant.

No, I am not looking at being a part of television in India, but I may consider movies, if I get to play a strong character.

To be very frank, I never got very good offers from Hindi cinema until 'Eega.' Now, I'm flooded with offers.

Once I wanted to get into films, I took my time about it because when I first got to Bombay, I gave my photos and CDs to all the production houses. But the roles that came my way were the 'typical white girl dancing in the background' kind of roles, which I was not too interested in, or it was advertisements.

If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle. You end up focusing all your energy on trying to get parts you don't even want.

I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

People miss those who they love. It brings tears to my eyes to see the longing for me. But it's my decision to do fewer films and more protagonist-based roles. For me to take up something, it has to make a lot of sense to me.

If I want to be the sexy Bipasha Basu, then I'll do a song here or a glam role there. But I want to be part of films that are watched, films that earn money and are new age, with author-backed roles.

The reason I am unemployed for six months out of every year is because I have to turn down most of the films I'm offered. If I didn't, I'd only ever play a dark, satanic count on a horse.

I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.

I want to do more Tollywood projects but I don't go around asking for roles.

I want to balance commercial and off-beat roles.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

I could have earned lots of crores by doing hundreds of more 'Rangeela' that came my way.

I'd love to do more Tamil films; unfortunately, I don't get any substantial roles.

I'm not running about playing romantic leads. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's the way it's sort of working out.

After 'Champion,' I got like 20,000 psychopath roles! And they wanted me to strip and show my body in every film. But I have tried to balance my roles.

I would love to do more Hindi films, but I am very laid-back that way and wouldn't go looking for more films.

Most of the actresses I have worked with have started their career in South and then shifted to Bollywood.

Fortunately, the films I do not require too much of glamour. Those are the kinds of roles I'm looking for.

I am happy that I got an international offer by a French director but I won't be able to take part in his film as he wanted me exclusively for two years. As I am getting many offers from Bollywood and the television industry, I won't be able to do it.

Bottom line is, off-beat film or commercial films, Tollywood or Bollywood, it's the role that matters to me.