Priyanka Chopra
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Demographics
Gender Female
Birth Name Priyanka Chopra
Birthplace Jamshedpur, Bihar, India
Birth Date July 18, 1982
Ethnicity South Asian
Father Punjabi
Mother Magahi, Malayali
Nationality Indian
Career Actress, singer, film producer, philanthropist
Color Season Dark Autumn
Notes and Motifs
Gamma sensualist
Pe entertainer
Goes by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, married to Nick Jonas
Won the 2000 Miss World pageant
Starred on the series Quantico
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Chopra: "I don't like guys who are conventional. I'm an achiever; he has to be an achiever. I admire drive, I admire ambition. I like a guy who keeps my on my toes."
Chopra: "Education has always been very important to me. It means you don't have to depend on anyone else."
Chopra: "I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand. I was studying to be an engineer when my mom and my brother sent my pictures for the Miss India contest. I didn't even know about it. If that isn't destiny, what is?"
Chopra: "You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity."
Chopra: "Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not."
Chopra: "You need to feel comfortable. When you're comfortable, you feel confident. And when you're confident, the world is your oyster. Most important, you gotta feel what you wear."
Chopra: "I never thought I am a stylish. For me, style is always a representation of what you want to wear but doing it in a unique way and expressing yourself. Every girl loves to be stylish."
Chopra: "Don't try to squeeze into a glass slipper. Instead, shatter the glass ceiling."
Chopra: "I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial."
Chopra: "I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well."
Chopra: "My career is the sum of the decisions I have made. Everyone can work hard, but I work on my own terms. I stand my ground, and once I have committed to anything, I give my 150 per cent. I don't take my work for granted, ever. I know that, forget me, no matter where anyone is, everyone is dispensable. Why would I think I am indispensable then?"
Chopra: "It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of."
Chopra: "I wasn't the prettiest girl in the room, but I learned to carry myself with confidence - that's how you make the best impression on people."
Chopra: "I taught myself confidence. When I'd walk into a room and feel scared to death, I'd tell myself, 'I'm not afraid of anybody.' And people believed me. You've got to teach yourself to take over the world."
Chopra: "I adore watching movies; movie marathons are my favorite pastime. I can watch up to five movies back to back. I also love music and like reading whenever I get the time."
Chopra: "My ambition when I was four years old was to be married."
Chopra: "I believe in myself and my art so much. I've always trusted destiny. Wherever it takes me, I just work damn hard at the opportunity."
Chopra: "There are cliques in Bollywood, and people stick together, but I have always tried to stick to my work. As an industry, Bollywood is very competitive, and I'm very competitive as a person, but I've never been a part of any clique, and I've always worked with all actors and directors, all camps."
Chopra: "People keep speculating about my personal life because I am evasive about it."
Chopra: "When I grew up in America, I didn't see anyone who looked like me on TV. I feel overwhelmed with the things that people have said to me. When I meet Indian Americans who've lived here all their lives, it's overwhelming people holding me and crying. Someone said to me, 'Thank you for making us relevant.' It's such a big thing."
Chopra: "I can never be incognito... but I love it!"
Chopra: "I think it's great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way. That's the fun of life. You fall, get up, make mistakes, learn from them, be human and be you."
Chopra: "I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my profession. I want to learn about cinematography, about editing, about music recordings, about post-production. So when people in the know talk, I willingly listen."
Chopra: "I am a very private person. No one ever knows anything about me as I don't think it is necessary. I tell people as much as I want them to know about me."
Chopra: "When there is a ring on my finger, which is actually given to me, then I'll tell the world. Till then, no one can claim me."
Chopra: "My favorite memory about 'Baywatch' is the music. That was my favorite part. It was, like, my calling. And to watch everyone run in slow motion."
Chopra: "Any transition is easier if you believe in yourself and your talent."
Chopra: "One girl used to call me Brownie and tell me to go back to my own country. At lunch, I'd get a bag of chips from the vending machine and eat it in the storage room so I wouldn't have to see her."
Chopra: "To be a philanthropist, you don't have to be Nelson Mandela. You just have to look around you and ask, 'What little bit can I do? Whose life can I touch?'"
Chopra: "I have great Indian genes! You know, I'm lazy. I want to take advantage of the fact that I have a great metabolism. When I start getting fat, I'll work on it! I like food, and I don't like the gym, and as long as I look like this without doing anything, why bother?"