Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Frankly, I never had any intense desire to go to India. I know that sounds a bit strange, but it just never was someplace I had a burning desire to visit.
Part of me wonders what it would have been like to have had my first experience of India in a normal way, rather than through the eyes of a film.
I loved having Indian take-aways on a Friday night in Liverpool, but it's so different in the real India.
I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
We have no chance to comprehend what goes on there - it's so dramatic, and people are so poor. We all felt bad about being there. Filming in India felt like we were going to borrow something knowing that we were never going to give it back.
I got into the movies by accident. When I got an offer, I thought, 'Let's try this, too.' Everything in my life has happened by trial and error. I didn't even think I would win the Miss India title, so where's the question of thinking I'd come this far.
I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.
I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.
A Passage to India. It is my favourite movie.