Priyanka Chopra Quotes

“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

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.

— Priyanka Chopra

“I live with romance in my brain. I'm a true-blue Cancerian like that.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“I love dabbling in different genres, and I like being good at different genres of cinema.”

— Priyanka 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.”

— Priyanka Chopra

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.

— Priyanka Chopra

“I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding.”

— Priyanka 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.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“As a girl, I am this stupid, emotional, very loyal, sort of believe-in-values-and-principals sort of girl.”

— Priyanka 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.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“People keep speculating about my personal life because I am evasive about it.”

— Priyanka 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.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“If my film does not do well, it really hurts me. But by God's grace, even if some of my films may not have done well, people have still liked my work in it.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“I never had any awkward situations with Shah Rukh.”

— Priyanka Chopra

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.

— Priyanka 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.”

— Priyanka Chopra

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.

— Priyanka Chopra

“I like bad boys, and I like to take them home to my mom.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“My ambition when I was four years old was to be married.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“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

“I got into the movies by accident. When I got an offer, I thought, 'Let's try this, too.' Everything in my life has happened by trial and error. I didn't even think I would win the Miss India title, so where's the question of thinking I'd come this far.”

— Priyanka Chopra

I wasn't even prepared to be an actress. I was 17 when I came out of high school, and suddenly became Miss World and then I became an actress.

— Priyanka 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.

— Priyanka Chopra

“Mary Kom is a woman who stood up alone in a male-dominated field and fought for her rights and what she believed in. Her story is an inspiration for every young person out there.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“It's okay to be you. You don't have to try to be anybody else. Whatever you are, however you are, it's fine. Nobody's perfect.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“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.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“The great thing about cinema is that it's a great binder. It brings people from across the world together, often erasing the lines between geographies, languages, familiarity, and the like. Cinema is art and art, they say, is a reflection of life and society, so the way we tell our stories is the main differentiator for me.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“The harder [role] the better. Definitely. When somebody turns around and says, "She can't do that," then that's the one I want to do.”

— Priyanka Chopra

I've been the saddest while I've been the most successful, strangely.

— Priyanka Chopra

“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.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“For me exotic means beaches, palm trees and sand and frolicking in the ocean”

— Priyanka Chopra

“I know I'm flawed - but perfect is boring anyway! Flawed is good!”

— Priyanka Chopra

I am a little old fashioned. I believe that in a relationship a man and a woman are never equal.

— Priyanka Chopra

“I was obsessed with Tupac - like eat, sleep, breathe Tupac. During this obsessive love affair, I dressed the part.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“If more girls are educated, all of India stands to gain. The Girl Rising campaign aims to address that through various innovative initiatives that will not only help create awareness but also create a tangible platform to effect change.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“I love what I do, and for me, acting can be anything. It could be in America. It could be in India. It could be in England. It could be anything. As long as it's an interesting part and an interesting opportunity, I would love to do it.”

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“Every movie that I do, I always try and better myself in the next one and try and find a part which is more challenging. It's a little vulnerable to do that, to always push the envelope. You position yourself for a lot more flack or a lot more critique because you're trying to do something different. Sometimes you're good at it and sometimes you're not, but it's a chance you have to take to make life exciting.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“I eat right and ensure that I burn it all by working out equally as much as I eat.”

— Priyanka Chopra

“I was also told some years ago that I shouldn't 'waste my time' with female-centric films because the audience was not ready for it.”

— Priyanka Chopra

Flying is my favorite time in the world. When I'm sitting in a plane, it's amazing because it's quiet and there's no cell phones and no one to talk to you. It's my favorite time. I read all my scripts. I catch up on my movies. I sleep. It's the best. There's no one telling you, "Time to go!"

— Priyanka Chopra