Vidya Balan

There will always be a slight difference between the reel and the real. Even my family might know 99 per cent about…

— Vidya Balan

As women, we are constantly criticising and judging ourselves in terms of our body, how we dress, what profession we take up,…

— Vidya Balan

A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought…

— Vidya Balan

I'm someone who believes in 'live and let live,' and that applies to everything.

— Vidya Balan

Fortunately, I've never been very conscious and inhibited of what I have to do. The camera's my soul mate.

— Vidya Balan

Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, Youve got such…

— Vidya Balan

Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to…

— Vidya Balan

I eat to live and not the other way around. As a vegetarian, I'm not at all fussy about food and can…

— Vidya Balan

The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are…

— Vidya Balan

I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using…

— Vidya Balan

It’s a most natural way for me. I can tell people I can run in a saree and I can do five…

— Vidya Balan

When someone shows faith in you, you feel like you are worth it. Which is why when we are encouraged, we all…

— Vidya Balan

I guess when you love and accept yourself, the world loves and accepts you.

— Vidya Balan

Friends, you are lucky you can talk about what you did as lovers; the tricks, laughter, the words, the ecstasy. After my…

— Vidya Balan

I was a happy person before marriage. I'm definitely happier after marriage.

— Vidya Balan

I have enjoyed the success my work has brought me. Some might say I haven't really struggled to be successful. I think…

— Vidya Balan

Only conviction sells. Well, when we are insecure, we really don't have that 100 percent conviction. Once we have it, we can…

— Vidya Balan

I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone. I don't mean to sound Zen,…

— Vidya Balan

I think a woman should be wholesome, voluptuous and sizzling!

— Vidya Balan

Siddharth accepts me in the way I am. In the first few months of marriage I got bogged down by the notion…

— Vidya Balan

I eat every two hours. I sleep for eight hours. I have lots of water. I pray to keep calm. Most importantly,…

— Vidya Balan

Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with…

— Vidya Balan

I'm not fashionable, and I know nothing about fashion, but I have my individual style, and style is eternal.

— Vidya Balan

I don't want to be preachy, but I find it so disturbing that parents today want kids to be a certain way…

— Vidya Balan

I started feeling secure in every way once I began to accept myself the way I was. Whether that was emotional, financial…

— Vidya Balan