Madhuri Dixit Quotes

I wasn't being followed around by paparazzi all the time. I was able to be a kid and spend that time with my family and not grow up too quickly.

It makes me happy that people recognise me and want to click pictures with me. But sometimes, I want to be a common person. I want to go to a coffee shop and just chill. I miss driving my car with the windows rolled down.

In Majorca, I can be myself. I go to the supermarket and the cinema, and I am just Rafa. Everyone knows me, and it is no big deal. I can go all day - no photographs.

I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be an actor and still go to the supermarket and not get bothered.

Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you.

I was able to grow up and do silly things and have a life with only a small amount of public scrutiny.

For the most part, I hang out in my back yard with my dog, but there's no paparazzi trying to check that out.

I really do miss being able to go through life a little less noticed.

Most of my time is in front of the camera, so the little time that I get is mine alone.

I am quite happy that I can still walk down the street every day in a pair of jogging bottoms and my woolly hat, and no one knows who I am. That's nice.

Enjoy the little fun things - like taking your kids to school - before they're all grown up.

I would love to sit at home all day and play with my kids. It's my favorite thing to do in my time off.

The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.

I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.

I can walk around relatively anonymously.

My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.

There comes a time when even icons, if they choose to do so, should be allowed to enjoy life out of the spotlight.

One great benefit of not being on TV every week is that people will be a lot less interested in what I have in my supermarket basket. I could even un-tint my car windows - or at least opt for a lighter shade.

I really love having lots of down time with my kids.

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.

It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment.

I wanted to be able to go shopping without people looking to see if I really was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women. I longed to be myself.

Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.

Fame hasn't really affected me. I have a really close knit group around me, and my sister is always with me, so it's like a bit of a travelling circus.

I don't really want to find myself face-to-face with 10,000 paparazzi. I just want to be comfortable.