‘Sometimes, You Need To Change The Formula’
Katrina has often played a calm, polite girl in her movies, or so she feels. “And I am anything but that,” laughs the pretty actress, who was in town recently.
“When I am around people who know me well and whom I am comfortable with, I become this very silly girl who likes to fool around and crack jokes and do loads of fun things. I don’t like people who say, ‘Oh Katrina, who are wonderful, you are superb, blah blah blah. When I am in my space, I make sure I am with people who are true to me. I fact, now I want to do movies that will bring out my true personality through the characters I play.”
And she’s moving towards that with her forthcoming movies. She’s going to be seen opposite Ranbir Kapoor and John Abraham. But isn’t her pairing with Ashay Kumar a hit jodi?
“Akshay and I have given a decent amount of hits. I am going to work with him in another movie, but there are also other people I will be seen with. There is Ranbir and John and hopefully more actors to work with in future. I am not saying that the hit formula does not work, but sometimes you need to change the formula as well to get something different,” she explains.
And for that something different, she’s looking for roles with substance. “I have done a lot of commercial stuff and I am glad I did that. But I also want to do meaningful movies – the movies that will bring out the person within. That will be a challenge that I want to take up now,” she says.
Not that she has little on her plate. She’s been riding high on life, with movie releases, photo shoots, walking the ramp and more.
“Oh yes, life has been really busy!” she grins. “Just a few days ago, I was here in Delhi for the fashion week and now I am here again for the promotion of my movie, then one movie shoot after the other, so life has been choc-a-block. But I am not complaining, I like it. I think it is this time and phase of my life when I can give so much to my career. Later, I can sit and watch my own movies,” she winks.