--- description: 'I stand here in front of all of you with a slightly better understanding, I think, of life and my feelings and the person that I am' title: TIME 100's Deepika Padukone: 'We're All in This Together' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7799e3dd1781872/69892e95656a3fc0f5bd43bd/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-029.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100](/tag/time-100/) ## TIME 100 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # TIME 100's Deepika Padukone: 'We're All in This Together' by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2018 2:19 AM CUT  Deepika Padukone at the Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2018 in New York City. Deepika Padukone at the Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2018 in New York City.Landon Nordeman for TIME by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2018 2:19 AM CUT “Four years on I stand here in front of all of you with a slightly better understanding, I think, of life and my feelings and the person that I am,” said TIME 100 honoree and Indian actress [Deepika Padukone](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217557/deepika-padukone/ "undefined") of her struggles with depression during the TIME 100 Gala Tuesday night. Read Deepika Padukone’s full remarks below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5253569/deepika-padukone-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5253569/deepika-padukone-time-100/"},"headline":"TIME 100's Deepika Padukone: 'We're All in This Together'","datePublished":"2018-04-25T02:19:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:06.149Z","description":"'I stand here in front of all of you with a slightly better understanding, I think, of life and my feelings and the person that I am'","url":"https://time.com/5253569/deepika-padukone-time-100/","keywords":["TIME 100","GALA","onetime","T1002018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7799e3dd1781872/69892e95656a3fc0f5bd43bd/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-029.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7799e3dd1781872/69892e95656a3fc0f5bd43bd/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-029.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Time 100 Gala 2018","caption":"Scenes from the 2018 Time 100 Gala in New York City","creditText":"Landon Nordeman for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5253569/deepika-padukone-time-100/","name":"TIME 100's Deepika Padukone: 'We're All in This Together'"}}]}] ```