Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.
My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.
The little things that made up the fabric of the first six years of my life were suddenly ripped away, and I didn't have anyone around me who loved me. Not one single person.
Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps.
I never dreamed I'd like any city as well as London. San Francisco is exciting, moody, exhilarating. I even love the muted fogs.
Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization