“Don't hold back from being an 'empath.' Don't be afraid of shedding yo...” — Dia Mirza Quote

“Don't hold back from being an 'empath.' Don't be afraid of shedding your tears. Feel it. Feel the full extent of everything. It gives us strength.”

“Dia is the way my name was originally spelt. When I was applying for my passport for the Femina Miss India Contest, someone spelt my name as Diya. Since it was on my passport, I couldn't do much about it.”

“I chose to be part of 'Kaafir' because the story called out to my soul, I need to connect with it.”

“I don't really get the same kinda romance that I would get from, like, jazz. And even to a lesser extent to rock 'n roll. Rock 'n roll has a romance to it - how can I put it? A very vulgar romance, but still a romance; whereas hip hop has more facade.”

“Some of my friends were gang-affiliated or gang-related, but that was just the way things were. I was lucky because football kept me busy and away from that bad path, to an extent.”

“President Trump has rebuilt the American military to an extent we haven't seen since Ronald Reagan.”