With each award we get, we become a little bit more overrated. That's what it feels like.

I'll be honest with you: I'd rather have BAFTA over an Academy Award any day. Because it's just cool.

The first time I was nominated for an award for professional acting, I was in my mid-twenties. I was married and the mother of my first two daughters. I had been working for near to 15 years.

You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message.

It's overwhelming and humbling to be the recipient of a National Award, and I only hope to find scripts now that will solidify that honor.

Awards don't really mean much.

I am a very shy and closed person. I stay in my house. The only time I go out is for award functions and maybe interviews. Because, this is part of my profession and I have to do it. Otherwise, I stay in my house or attend some classes.

I don't expect to win awards while working in films.

I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.

But I don't pretend I earned a Lifetime Achievement Award.

I'm trying to win the Super Bowl. That's a team award and that's what I want.

I don't believe I was jinxed or hexed by winning an Academy Award in my first picture, 'West Side Story.'

We were the laughingstock of that first season... It was with great relish several years later that I received a TV Guide award for favorite actress on television.

It was surreal to think the Queen of England not only knew who I was but thought enough of what I do to give me an award.

In college I received the Best Actor award for four consecutive years under Calicut University.

I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.

I came to Mumbai in 2000 to do a hotel management course. Following this, I worked as a marketing executive with Hotel Sheraton in Muscat for a year. It was in 2004 that I participated in the Gladrags Mr. India contest and bagged the most popular model award. After that, I did few ramp shows and ads.

Taking off my shirt has become a part of my life, whether it is at award ceremonies or reality shows. As long as people enjoy it, why not?

The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.

To be called a Cy Young award winner is something I could have never imagined ever happening to me. I'm just always amazed at the blessings that came my way over the years.