"I think Roger is the best Bond, of course – not just because of being my Bond, but because if you read the early Ian Fleming books describing him, that’s how he was, he was a bachelor, unattached, he was luxurious, sophisticated, and he was not available for females so no long term relationships there. I think Roger really portrayed that."

"I played it slightly tongue-in-cheek because I never quite believed that James Bond was a spy because everybody knew him, they all knew what he drank. He’d walk into a bar and it would always be, "Ah, Commander Bond, martini, shaken not stirred." Spies are faceless people."

"I was very sad to hear of Roger’s passing. We had an unusually long relationship, by Hollywood standards, that was filled with jokes and laughter. I will miss him."

"I’ve been very fortunate and very lucky in life and I’d urge anyone to follow their hearts and find their true vocation. Life is so much more pleasant when you love going to work."

"I hope I am not sounding presumptuous or vain. but I think like Sridevi, I was another heroine who could break the barriers between the classes and the masses."

"For me dancing is not just moving your arms and legs but basically it's a very spiritual experience. It's part of me and a second nature to me. You can say it is in my blood."

"I adore the concept of being in love with one guy and spending the rest of my life with him."

"When Hussainji narrated the script [on Gaja Gamini] to me, I couldn´t understand it. And I told him so. So, he worked out a storyboard and then I could visualize the whole film. You know the film is like a painting on celluloid."

"Quoted in Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman (page 74)"

"It's so ironical. When you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses."

"It has been more than 15 years but her dedication towards dance is the same. She grasps quickly and is a genius dancer. Her expressions are just perfect."

"Madhuri is an excellent dancer. She is in the same league with actresses like Waheeda Rehman and Meena Kumari as far as dancing is concerned. She dances with a lot of grace. I think she is the best dancer in Indian cinema after Waheeda Rehman. She reminds me of her,"

"Depend on yourself and you will never be let down."

"Madhuri has kept the tradition of classical dance in cinema alive. Be it Devdas's 'Kahe Ched Mohe' or dance sequence of DTPH , she has performed brilliantly."

"Nightingale of Parliament."

"I worked with her for the first time in 1997 for a dance sequence where actor (Shah Rukh) is playing the drum in another room and she dances on those beats."

"My family gives me enough security and warmth. I don’t have to look for it outside! After achieving so much success and fame I’m apprehensive about people’s motives. I want to be sure that people want to be friends with me and not my fame!"

"I find it funny to praise myself, but I think I am beautiful, just like Chandramukhi."

"I have never been a part of the numbers game. We are not racing horses, who should be numbered. Either the work you do is good or bad."

"Madhuri was crowned the queen of Bollywood and her star status reached a level where she was called the ‘female Amitabh Bachhan’. Her stage shows sold out and fans flocked to her shootings to catch a glimpse of the ultimate star. She has ever been called the peace maker between India and Pakistan as a Pakistani official joked to a national newspaper on his visit to India "You can keep Kashmir, give us Madhuri"."

"Good films flop, atrocious films do well. Uncertainty is the only certainty in this business."

"I don't understand the difference between being a star and being an actress. If you are a good actress, you can also be a star but it does not work the other way round. You must be able to deliver the goods."

"The tendency in the media is to portray everyone in the film industry as sex-starved creatures. Please spare us."

"Acting is a bit like cycling. Once you’ve got the hang of it, you just peddle on."

"I was quite the media darling."

"Tom Cruise, he’s a lot more famous than me."

"Soccer is a magical game."

"He was my hero in Ghulam. After that there was a long gap until Mangal Pandey. In between he did want me for Lagaan. Today, we're very close friends. The equation is different. I remembered how he used to show me to do scenes. He still tells me how to do my scenes."

"In the last two years there was a brief period that he decided to quit the films as it is affecting his personal life in many ways."

"I would love to work with Salman. We have a great tuning so if we work together, it will be great fun. But till the time we don't get a good script, a script that excites both of us, we can't work together."

"Aamir Khan is an intelligent actor with an eye for detail. He places the film above every individual or ego."

"Certainly we were disappointed. But the thing that really kept us in our spirits was that the entire country was behind us."

"Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times."

"Indian film awards lack credibility."

"It's not important to me... people will see my films if they want to. Also, I cannot deal with so many things, I have bandwidth only for that much."

"“The last time I watched Sachin was last week when he was on his way to a spectacular 175 and once again I felt that I was watching a player who comes but once in a century. It can be said that he is the Bradman of our times and I do feel privileged to have played a lot of cricket against him,”"

"I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing us to breathe the same air as you do."

"Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third."

"With Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, it was better to be friends and make them smile rather than wind them up."

"We didn't see at that time and you cannot visualise 20 years down the track what the player is likely to do in the context of the history of the game. When you score as many runs as he (Tendulkar) has in Test and one-day cricket and score as many centuries and half centuries as he has done, it makes him arguably the greatest player ever in the history of the game. Statistics speak volumes of his contribution to Indian and world cricket. He is a phenomenal player."

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."

"His mind is like a computer. He stores data on bowlers and knows where they are going to pitch the ball."

"I don’t think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar."

"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt at one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing a century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This genius can stop time in India!"

"This little prick's going to get more runs than you, AB."

"Test cricket is bloody hard work, especially when you've got Sachin batting with what looks like a three-metre-wide bat."

"Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours."

"I have seen God, he bats at no. 4 for India."

"The more I see him, the more I want to see him."

"There is no shame losing to such a great player."