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
As a girl, I am this stupid, emotional, very loyal, sort of believe-in-values-and-principals sort of girl. – 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
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 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
It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of. – Priyanka Chopra
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. – Priyanka Chopra
When I was in school, you never saw anyone who looked like us that was on TV. And that was really weird for me because there’s so many people of South Asian descent in America – in the world. – Priyanka Chopra
When I was little, my dad used to call me ‘Bandarella,’ because I was a mess – a Bandar is a monkey in Hindi. I was not a girly-girl and would always break something and would be running around and didn’t really fit in. – Priyanka Chopra
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. – Priyanka Chopra
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
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
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
I’ve shot all over the world with crews from all over the world. The work ethic is the same. Bollywood is my career; it’s what I do. – Priyanka Chopra
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?’ – Priyanka Chopra
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. – 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
I have great Indian genes! You know, I’m lazy. I want to take advantage of the fact that I have a great metabolism. When I start getting fat, I’ll work on it! I like food, and I don’t like the gym, and as long as I look like this without doing anything, why bother? – Priyanka Chopra
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
I never thought I am a stylish. For me, style is always a representation of what you want to wear but doing it in a unique way and expressing yourself. Every girl loves to be stylish. – Priyanka Chopra
When I grew up in America, I didn’t see anyone who looked like me on TV. I feel overwhelmed with the things that people have said to me. When I meet Indian Americans who’ve lived here all their lives, it’s overwhelming people holding me and crying. Someone said to me, ‘Thank you for making us relevant.’ It’s such a big thing. – Priyanka Chopra
I have never had a plan when it comes to my career: America came to me with an opportunity. – Priyanka Chopra
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. – Priyanka Chopra
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. – Priyanka Chopra
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. – Priyanka Chopra