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Ever since I was a kid, I knew my sister [Karisma] would join the industry. I used to see her talk about films. Both of us would chat about it as well. In our family, women were not supposed to join the industry. I guess my sister broke the ice and I am following the tradition. (On what prompted her to join the film industry)      I have always been childish, playing around. I hurt like everybody does. But I put up a false show of bravado. I am like a coconut -- hard from the outside but soft on the inside.

I just call myself a lucky girl -- Destiny's lucky child!      I want to look ravishing in every frame of every film. My looks are my first priority. The audience decides my status in the industry. Today, this audience comprises fashion conscious youth. So it is fully justified that I take pains to keep them happy. (On being dubbed a glamour doll)

Industry folk say:

Kareena, for me, is a throwback to the stars of the Sixties -- there is so much glamour and so much tragedy in her persona and in the way she carries herself. (Reputed photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha on Kareena)      Kareena is a person who knows herself as a performer and as a person. Off the camera, you'd feel she couldn't make it. But once the camera is on, she transforms into somebody else. (Filmmaker J P Dutta on launching Kareena in Refugee)

I have worked with Kareena in so many films that the comfort level is really high. I now understand her spontaneous style of acting, so I am less shocked by it. Because of the number of films we have done together, we know instinctively what the other is going to do next. (Actor Hrithik Roshan on his co-star of Yaadein, K3G and Mujhse Dosti Karoge)      She has a very instinctive talent; she is a bundle of talent. Only, she is a bit kiddish and speaks her mind without realising the consequences. She has still to learn how to talk to the press and to people on stage. She doesn't want to use flowery language, doesn't want to be diplomatic. (Showman Subhash Ghai on his Yaadein heroine)