Priyanka Chopra
When somebody else calls you exotic, exotic is a box - it's the stereotype of snake charmers and face jewelry. You're just that stereotype. But I don't get offended anymore. I used to get offended by things that were said to me, or how I was seen. Now I educate. If I get pissed off, I'll educate in a sassy way. Other times I educate in a Gandhi-like way. You know - I have my moods.Collection: Sassy
After reaching season two on TV series, having done a film, and receiving acknowledgment in America, I feel like now whatever I do will be on me. My choices will be mine; my disappointments will be mine.Collection: Disappointment
There have been so many nations around the world that have had female leaders, including India.Collection: Leader
I don't want to be a stereotype; I want a character that's aspirational.Collection: Character
I learned very early in my career that when I don't arrive on set, production will shut down, which means people won't get paid; there's that much responsibility.Collection: Mean
I am just a hard-working 23-year-old. When Maxim asked me to be on their cover, I was quite surprised. Of course, I was happy about it.Collection: Hard Work
I was obsessed with Tupac - like eat, sleep, breathe Tupac. During this obsessive love affair, I dressed the part.Collection: Sleep
Every character that I play, even if it's a homemaker, there is an inherent, innate strength in her - you can find strength in every facet of a female personality. It doesn't just come from the physical strength of a woman.Collection: Character
It's so stupid, so archaic to say that men are so stupid they'd give anything for sex, and women are...that that's the only resort we have.Collection: Stupid
I always advocate to young women that if we don't do this for ourselves, no one else is going to. We have to have a voice.Collection: Young Women
I don't think a lot of people in America understand what Indians are. And that's our fault, a little. We tend to forget our roots a bit. As kids we think, If I'm too Indian, I'll be put in a box, and people will think of me as different. They'll think I'm weird, because I eat Indian food or my name is difficult to pronounce.Collection: Kids
I did not want to be the stereotype of either Bollywood or what Indian actors are usually offered. The exotic, beautiful girl, or the academically inclined nerd. And I wanted to play a lead... I didn't settle for less.Collection: Beautiful
I'm not American, but I do have an opinion, and I think that right now, it is what it is, and I think the country needs to come together to say: What is the America we want to create right now? The same thing will happen on television now going forward if we do have a female president. It will be something that will be discussed.Collection: Country
I have photo shoots or commercials that I do, or things in India. It's usually a seven-day week for me. So physically it does get exhausting.Collection: India
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.Collection: Fun
I live with romance in my brain. I’m a true-blue Cancerian like that.Collection: Romance