Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone are such actresses who opened doors for others too to enter in West Film industry. They did remarkabl jobs and reached the platform no one can think of. So, Priyanka in recent interaction with media person, speaks about the mentality of people regarding Indian heroines.
Priyanka said, "As it should. We are one-fifth of the world's population, and we're only talking about me in Quantico, in 2016, and going, "Oh my god! First Indian actor to break into the mainstream!" Of course, the door should open, and one-fifth of the world should have representation in global entertainment. And why haven't we been able to do that? Why should the conversation about diversity be only about black or white people? What about the rest of the world? You just basically have to be the best for the job, to fight this battle for diversity. You can't have characters written for your ethnicity or the way you look."
She continued by saying, "In India, it is different. Because we all look the same. So we don't have that fight. With heroines, we just say, " Haan thodi sundar aur gori honi chahiye (laughs); thoda aur make-up laga do." They used to do that with me in the beginning. What I'm saying is, I really hope all actors and talents from India really do it - Deepika... Sonam (Kapoor) has signed up with UTA (United Talent Agency) now… I hope some of the boys do it too. They have to come out of their comfort zone. It's very different from doing one film sometime. That's not consistency. Our films already go across the world, and they're in Hindi, which is spoken in one country, and yet we compete with Hollywood!"
Consider SRK her inspiration, she said, "Well, I have derived inspiration - and have said this many times - from most of my colleagues. I didn't know anything when I joined the industry. So, I can't isolate one person. But inherently as a child, I have always been driven, competitive, wanting to come first in class, debates, elocution, plays, sports, everything. I was that kid. So, I guess the inherent nature of the person stays the same. I always wanted to be an achiever. I didn't know what that meant - being a musician, doctor, or what."
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