Chopra: "I don't like guys who are conventional. I'm an achiever; he has to be an achiever. I admire drive, I admire ambition. I like a guy who keeps my on my toes."

Chopra: "Education has always been very important to me. It means you don't have to depend on anyone else."

Chopra: "I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand. I was studying to be an engineer when my mom and my brother sent my pictures for the Miss India contest. I didn't even know about it. If that isn't destiny, what is?"

Chopra: "You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity."

Chopra: "Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not."

Chopra: "You need to feel comfortable. When you're comfortable, you feel confident. And when you're confident, the world is your oyster. Most important, you gotta feel what you wear."

Chopra: "I never thought I am a stylish. For me, style is always a representation of what you want to wear but doing it in a unique way and expressing yourself. Every girl loves to be stylish."

Chopra: "Don't try to squeeze into a glass slipper. Instead, shatter the glass ceiling."

Chopra: "I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial."

Chopra: "I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well."

Chopra: "My career is the sum of the decisions I have made. Everyone can work hard, but I work on my own terms. I stand my ground, and once I have committed to anything, I give my 150 per cent. I don't take my work for granted, ever. I know that, forget me, no matter where anyone is, everyone is dispensable. Why would I think I am indispensable then?"

Chopra: "It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of."

Chopra: "I wasn't the prettiest girl in the room, but I learned to carry myself with confidence - that's how you make the best impression on people."

Chopra: "I taught myself confidence. When I'd walk into a room and feel scared to death, I'd tell myself, 'I'm not afraid of anybody.' And people believed me. You've got to teach yourself to take over the world."

Chopra: "I adore watching movies; movie marathons are my favorite pastime. I can watch up to five movies back to back. I also love music and like reading whenever I get the time."

Chopra: "My ambition when I was four years old was to be married."

Chopra: "I believe in myself and my art so much. I've always trusted destiny. Wherever it takes me, I just work damn hard at the opportunity."

Chopra: "There are cliques in Bollywood, and people stick together, but I have always tried to stick to my work. As an industry, Bollywood is very competitive, and I'm very competitive as a person, but I've never been a part of any clique, and I've always worked with all actors and directors, all camps."

Chopra: "People keep speculating about my personal life because I am evasive about it."

Chopra: "When I grew up in America, I didn't see anyone who looked like me on TV. I feel overwhelmed with the things that people have said to me. When I meet Indian Americans who've lived here all their lives, it's overwhelming people holding me and crying. Someone said to me, 'Thank you for making us relevant.' It's such a big thing."

Chopra: "I can never be incognito... but I love it!"

Chopra: "I think it's great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way. That's the fun of life. You fall, get up, make mistakes, learn from them, be human and be you."

Chopra: "I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my profession. I want to learn about cinematography, about editing, about music recordings, about post-production. So when people in the know talk, I willingly listen."

Chopra: "I am a very private person. No one ever knows anything about me as I don't think it is necessary. I tell people as much as I want them to know about me."

Chopra: "When there is a ring on my finger, which is actually given to me, then I'll tell the world. Till then, no one can claim me."

Chopra: "My favorite memory about 'Baywatch' is the music. That was my favorite part. It was, like, my calling. And to watch everyone run in slow motion."

Chopra: "Any transition is easier if you believe in yourself and your talent."

Chopra: "One girl used to call me Brownie and tell me to go back to my own country. At lunch, I'd get a bag of chips from the vending machine and eat it in the storage room so I wouldn't have to see her."

Chopra: "To be a philanthropist, you don't have to be Nelson Mandela. You just have to look around you and ask, 'What little bit can I do? Whose life can I touch?'"

Chopra: "I have great Indian genes! You know, I'm lazy. I want to take advantage of the fact that I have a great metabolism. When I start getting fat, I'll work on it! I like food, and I don't like the gym, and as long as I look like this without doing anything, why bother?"