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I was this role model for heavy people. But the thing is, I never set out to be a role model at all, and I don't set out to be one now. I won't preach to anyone and tell them how to lose weight. I don't know any better than the next person.

A lot of people are doing something about their weight, but by their own reckoning, it isn't enough to get the results they want.

Then there are the people who know me from the lectures. What I am really trying to do, what I need to accomplish at this time, is to fill in the gaps.

On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

I'm honest. If someone asks about my weight loss, I tell them I have five people working on me, plus there's Photoshop. I tell them I can't eat everything and look good. I was unhealthy when I was fat, and now I'm a normal body type. I'm not special; I'm just an actress, and boys and girls are intelligent enough to recognise that.

In India, we kind of concentrate only on weight loss. I want to teach people that it is very important to be strong and fit, rather than just thin.

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

Here's the secret to weight loss: It's all about crowding out, not cutting out.