“Growing up I was told to have an opinion in a room that disagreed with me…I was new in the entertainment business and girls are always told that ‘you don’t want to get a reputation of being hard to work with.’ So I worked within the system.”
“I flew my dad to Singapore, New York, Europe, India, everywhere just to do whatever I could to prolong his life. It’s such a helpless feeling. I was very angry, my relationship with God changed a little bit.”
“I may have judged the book by the cover. I didn’t honestly take it very seriously when he was texting me. I was 35…He’s, you know, in his 20s. Till I actually went out with him…He’s such a self-assured man. So sensible, so excited about my achievements, my dreams.”
“My mom walking me down the aisle was a really big moment. I extended my hand for my mom to come, and I felt my dad’s presence in such a big way in that moment. They had a marriage of partnership…I saw that growing up. I'm amazed that I found exactly what I grew up with Nick.”
“When I was made to feel like, did my clothes smell funny when I walked by the hallway or did people smell curry or little things like that, at 16, are so detrimental to a sense of self-worth; your sense of self.”
“I grew up in a convent school, so I was aware of Christianity. My dad used to sing in a mosque, I was aware of Islam. I grew up in a Hindu family. Spirituality is such a large part of India that you cannot ignore it.”