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Calcutta Is Like Another World. People There Are Very Special And Grateful.

I Was Happy That I Finally Could Play A Mature Woman, Because I Started Working When I Was A Teenager And Was Always Playing Characters According To My Age.

The Discipline That Ballet Requires Is Obsessive. And Only The Ones Who Dedicate Their Whole Lives Are Able To Make It. Your Toenails Fall Off And You Peel Them Away And Then You're Asked To Dance Again And Keep Smiling. I Wanted To Become A Professional Ballet Dancer.

[winning An Oscar] Was A Beautiful Thing That Happened. It Is In My House, And Every Time I Look At, I See All The People Who Are A Part Of It, All The People Who Gave Me Opportunities To Work, Gave Me Opportunities To Make A Living At This Thing [acting] That Was A Dream For Me, Growing Up. And I Got To Do It, And Then Again And Again And Again, And Make A Living Out Of Being An Actress.

I Try To Look At The Whole Thing And Say 'yes' To The Projects That I Cannot Stop Thinking About. If I Read A Script And The Subject Stays With Me - Then That's When I Want To Go To Work.