Top 70 Priyanka Chopra Quotes

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Whenever I pick a script, I make sure I'm choosing some

Whenever I pick a script, I make sure I’m choosing something I would want to watch. And ‘Quantico’ was something I’d definitely want to watch. As soon as I read the pilot – and I read 26 this season – I knew this was it.
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As a girl, I am this stupid, emotional, very loyal, sort of believe-in-values-and-principals sort of girl.
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When I became Miss World, movie offers started coming to me in India.
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Bollywood is not a stepping stone to the West. I am extremely picky and in no hurry to sign a Hollywood film. I am only greedy for great roles; language and country is no barrier. And yes, I’ll always be a Hindi film star first.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In India, people love turmeric. They make turmeric milk, and sometimes I mix it with some cream or yogurt and turn it into a scrub. You’d be amazed at what it can take off your skin.
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I always get stopped by security and immigration, telling me, ‘Tell me who the terrorist is, or we won’t stamp your passport!’ The last time that somebody did that to me – at LAX, actually – I was like, ‘Hey, don’t ever ask a brown girl that in an American airport!’
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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.
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Yes, I play this evil, mean character Victoria in ‘Baywatch.’ It is so much fun. I didn’t want my first film in America to be just another role.
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I think it was very important for me to look at starting to build a safety net so that I didn’t feel the insecurity of the ups and downs of finances because I might do no film a year, or I might do six commercials, or I might do none.
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I have no time to write songs.
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I like bad boys, and I like to take them home to my mom.
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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.
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With feature films, it’s a one-time judgment once your film is premiered. Reviews, box office, and then you move on to the next project. With TV, you are being rated and judged weekly for an eight-month stretch.
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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.
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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.
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I don’t think Bond does too much; he’s just suave and sexy. He rolls out with his martini and fancy cars. Wow, it sounds like my life already.
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It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of.
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Don’t try to squeeze into a glass slipper. Instead, shatter the glass ceiling.
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I’ve been doing a lot of work on female rights, especially adolescent rights. I’ve been to a lot of schools where the UNICEF had set up villages in India, and it’s an eye-opening experience.
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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?
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I sang the ‘Sunday Night Football’ theme song two years in a row – my first part in American culture, although I still don’t know anything about American football.
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Stardom should be a discovery. You don’t hammer it onto people’s heads. You don’t demand it. You command it.
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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.
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I never had any awkward situations with Shah Rukh.
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Guess girls are normally blonde, blue-eyed bombshells. It was nice to be a brunette one.
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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.
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In New York, a 13-year-old Indian girl came up to me crying, saying to everyone nearby, ‘This is where I come from.’ It’s easy to forget that actors have the ability to instill a sense of self in viewers. That’s the greatest compliment.
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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.’
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I'm pretty sure 'Nutty Professor' will happen to me at

I’m pretty sure ‘Nutty Professor’ will happen to me at some point. And when it does, I will go to the gym.
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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.
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I was very sure I did not want to be the stereotype of what Indian people are seen as, which is Bollywood and henna. That’s all great! It’s what we are, and I love it. I love saris; I love music. I love henna; I love dancing, but that’s not all we are.
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You like someone, you court each other, you get into a relationship. You’re answerable to each other. Whereas, the non-answerability of dating, my God, I don’t know if I would ever be able to.
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When I was in high school in America, I didn’t see anyone who looked like me – hardly ever. I just thought that was normal because you don’t know any better. So I used to idolize so many other people, like Sarah Michelle Gellar on ‘Buffy.’
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If two of your films don’t do well, people say you’re out in the cold and your career is over. One film does well, and you’ve had the best year of your life! I don’t believe in all that’s written.
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My father is conservative but has always supported my decisions. He lets me take my own decisions. His only condition while allowing me to come to Mumbai was that my mother must accompany me.
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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.
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I’ve been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don’t take to authority very well.
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The best part of working on ‘Baywatch’ is to be the villain of the movie. I don’t think The Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, has ever had anyone who’s been mean to him.
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I was bullied by a freshman named Jeanine. She was black and supremely racist. Jeanine used to say, ‘Brownie, go back to your country. You smell of curry,’ or ‘Do you smell curry coming?’
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When I won Miss World, I wasn’t even 18, and I only remember, like, I thought of it as a day in the races or something. It didn’t feel like it was Miss World of the Millennium Year, the change of the century. I didn’t understand the magnitude of it for at least a couple of years.
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I have never had a plan when it comes to my career: America came to me with an opportunity.
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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?’
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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.
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So many people from the West are coming into India, all the studios have come into India, and they’re making films here, whether that’s Fox, Warner Bros, Disney, everyone. That stands as testament for us, so why are we afraid of sharing our talent with the world? We must.
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After every bath, I make sure to moisturize my entire body. I’m obsessed with Diptyque: people love their candles, but their body products are also amazing.
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When I became Miss World, I couldn’t believe I had won it. I used to sleep with my crown because I was scared someone would steal it. In a minute, the world changed for me.
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My ambition when I was four years old was to be married.
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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.
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I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding.
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To convince another part of the world that Bollywood is not just jokers who break into song and dance was very difficult. I’m literally ploughing the ground and making people understand that Indian actors are not a joke.
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As an entertainer, I try to do projects that reflect a woman having the ability to stand up for herself.
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When I’m not shooting, I don’t wear much makeup. I just moisturize and maybe put on a berry-colored balm on my lips and cheeks, and then mascara – that’s it. My face and hair gets abused every single day, so I try take it easy on off days.
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