Priyanka on making way into Hollywood: Had to swallow my pride

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas says the first thing she had to do when she tried to make a career in the US was to swallow her pride. After garnering fame in Bollywood, Priyanka started her journey in Hollywood about eight years ago.

“When I got the opportunity to come to America and get representation, I remember the first thing that I had to do was swallow my pride,” Priyanka said.

“I had to explain who I was and what I wanted to do. There have been some incredibly prolific Indian actors that have worked in American movies and have done incredible work — like Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Anupam Kher, Amitabh Bachchan — and outside of Indian Americans like Mindy Kaling and Aziz Ansari, there was no precedent for having someone who was an Indian immigrant from outside of the American culture to come in and break global entertainment,” she added.