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" Justin Timberlake - I'd like to learn a little more about his suit and tie. "
Priyanka Chopra
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" I'm not even Indian-American: I'm Indian-Indian. Everybody expected me to have henna and a nose pin and talk in an accent like Apu from 'The Simpsons.' I was nervous because I wasn't sure if America was ready for a lead that looked like me. "
Priyanka Chopra
America
Like
Ready
" I wanted to be cast because I'm an actor and not because of how I look or where I'm from. I'm brown. I want to be able to play a Spanish girl some day or a Mexican girl and learn the language. That's what actors do: we act. "
Priyanka Chopra
Learn
Play
Look
" 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. "
Priyanka Chopra
Feel
World
Important
" Education has always been very important to me. It means you don't have to depend on anyone else. "
Priyanka Chopra
Important
Education
You
" 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. "
Priyanka Chopra
Claim
Ring
Tell
" I can never be incognito... but I love it! "
Priyanka Chopra
I Can
Incognito
Never
" When I was 13, I would come visit my aunt and uncle in New York. I decided I wanted to live with them after seeing my cousin's school. Honestly, I just wanted to go to a school where I didn't have to wear uniforms, and my mom said okay. "
Priyanka Chopra
School
Uncle
Said
" Beauty and fashion are not really local anymore. You really have to be a global citizen to know what trends are. Now, it's pretty much the same designers and the same kind of trends, whether I am in New York, Milan, or Mumbai - it's the same. "
Priyanka Chopra
New York
Beauty
Know
" Since I came from another part of the world, I expected many differences in the way things worked, but at the end of the day, there actually were more similarities between the American and Indian entertainment industry: the same chaos, creativity, passion, and genius all around. "
Priyanka Chopra
Creativity
World
Passion
" I think 'Baywatch' will be a summer blockbuster, and I'm not just saying it because I'm in it. I saw a bunch of scenes right now, and it's the funniest movie ever. Dwayne and Zac Efron have the best chemistry, and I come and interrupt their chemistry. "
Priyanka Chopra
Best
Chemistry
Saying
" I think because I was Miss World, and I modeled for a little while, I have - I just like heels, actually. I think that's the truth. I'm trying to find an excuse. "
Priyanka Chopra
World
Find
Like
" When it comes to an everyday situation, I am like an ant. I keep putting money aside because I know that if I want to splurge, there is a big mountain of money that I can use. "
Priyanka Chopra
Know
Mountain
Situation
" I'm different. I don't speak perfect American. I do have a lilt of an Indian accent. I thought, 'Maybe the world's not okay with what I bring, being Indian.' "
Priyanka Chopra
Perfect
American
Speak
" 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. "
Priyanka Chopra
Music
Back
Time
" As a musician, I know that it'll take time for me to get to the ranks of an established artiste. Nevertheless, I'm very happy that people are appreciating my music. "
Priyanka Chopra
Me
Know
Happy
" 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. "
Priyanka Chopra
Think
I Am
Know
" I've always had a glam squad to do my makeup because of Miss India and Miss World, so I never really learned much about doing it myself, unfortunately. I do try to pick up what I can, though! The most incredible product that has ever been discovered in makeup, according to me, is mascara. "
Priyanka Chopra
I Can
Makeup
Me
" I think there's a social responsibility that comes with a public platform. Because of the position that I've been put in, I think it's important to use my voice to do as much as I can. "
Priyanka Chopra
Voice
Responsibility
Important
" As a girl, I am this stupid, emotional, very loyal, sort of believe-in-values-and-principals sort of girl. "
Priyanka Chopra
I Am
Am
Loyal
" To do anything with someone like Bono or someone would be like, you know, a milestone, I think, as a musician. "
Priyanka Chopra
Think
Someone
Like
" I had a holding deal with ABC to find me a show, and I was very clear about the kind of show I wanted to do, because Indian people have always been seen as - well, we've been put in a box, about who we should be like. "
Priyanka Chopra
Show
Me
Kind
" There is no way I could have predicted the amazing reception and support that 'Quantico' has received this season or even the way that I have been welcomed into the fold here in America. "
Priyanka Chopra
Way
Season
America
" I'm trying to be global and trying to push us, as a society, to becoming colorblind, and so I'm very grateful to ABC for casting me in 'Quantico.' It was based on my merit, not on my ethnicity. "
Priyanka Chopra
Grateful
Push
Society
" Alex, who I play on 'Quantico' - that part wasn't written for an Indian girl. So they changed her background to make her half Indian and half Caucasian. "
Priyanka Chopra
Who
Half
Girl
" Production is a lot of work. Nobody sent me that memo when they came to me to do television. "
Priyanka Chopra
Nobody
Work
Television
" In my 20s, I used to have a lot more energy! I was this skydiving, bungee-jumping adrenaline junkie. I don't know what happened to me! Now that I'm in my early 30s, I've put all that energy into my work, although I'm still a little ridiculous. In your 30s, you're sensible enough to know better, but still stupid enough to do stupid things. "
Priyanka Chopra
Know
Energy
Better
" 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. "
Priyanka Chopra
Country
Bag
Me
" 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. "
Priyanka Chopra
Together
Work
Always
" I can't eradicate poverty, but at least for the people around me, I can help make sure no child is denied a dream. "
Priyanka Chopra
Child
Poverty
Dream
" 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? "
Priyanka Chopra
Brother
Work
Mom