I am really OK with the way I look. It’s fine. All this is transient. I mean, it’s really, you know, it changes with time, and that’s the external. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I’m comfortable and so much I have declined because I haven’t been comfortable. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The more you are blessed with experience, the fuller and the more enriched you are in your craft. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

For me, it’s not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

My family is my strength and my weakness. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Elegance is innate…individual…eternal…it stands the test of time! — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

It’s unbelievable that people have the time and inclination to be as negative as they are on a public platform about people who accomplish whatever they do in the public eye. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I know for a fact that if there’s a role which I am suited for, I’ll be signed on. I’ll never go begging. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I’m just an average woman with average concerns. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I have a great story to tell and I tell it well. No holds barred. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I’m a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I’m interested in the whole process of editing, post–production and direction. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I’ve gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just doesn’t make you feel fatigued. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I really don’t work to a plan, but I just do what interests me and what I like to do. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Right now, I’m following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today’s crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Beauty is transient and changes with time. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I like to be human and not lose myself in becoming a mannequin, which people in showbiz are accused of. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I have always been a person who is extremely comfortable in my skin. I have always just been myself in all these years on the public platform. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

In terms of finding that first international recognition of my work, coming back to Cannes is such a milestone in my life because it began actually with ‘Devdas’. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host’s grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan