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 She
is young, gorgeous and successful. Surely, Priyanka
Chopra must be attracting a lot of attention from
the opposite sex. But what is it that attracts her
to a man? And has she given marriage a thought? Read
on to find out...
Firstly, tell us how do you manage to
maintain this fantastic figure of yours?
Actually, I don't really do much about it. I was
blessed with high metabolism! Besides that, nothing
much!
While Miss India, were you aware that it
could be your platform for Bollywood?
Well, I knew that it could be a great platform for
anything. Thinking about the film industry didn't
really come into my mind till I won. A lot of people
started offering me roles and then I decided
thinking about it as a career. I was really young so
I didn't really go into it with an agenda in mind.
Everything sort of happened.
The title of Miss World adds value to your
name. So did you have any struggle in Bollywood at
all?
Actually there was! My first film, The Hero came to
me because I won the title. Then I did Andaaz which
was again a small part. It was an uphill sort of
walk for me.
You went to school in both Queens and Newton. You
had the honor of being the only Asian singer in a
choir. Tell us about that experience.
Well my mom's family lives here. (Queens) I had come
here for vacations and I happened to stay. I did my
high school here. I was actually the only Asian in
the choir. How do you know that? (Laughs)
How would you compare schooling in India
and US?
They're both really different from each other. I
feel it is way more difficult to study in India
because the curriculum there is far ahead in terms
of how much we study in one particular standard. The
US on the other hand is more practical. India is
more based on theory. I think Indian schools are
expanding that now. Now students can see what they
are actually learning.
Men must be hitting on you all the time.
How do you handle the situation?
For me, men only hit on me in my movies. It has
never happened to me in my real life. I don't know
how it is when guys hit on you. Because they somehow
just don't hit on me. I kind of wish they did
though.
Your success has been very rapid. Did you
anticipate that when you started off?
Not at all. I didn't think I could act. I didn't
think I was going to be an actor. Everything
happened to me, by the grace of God and I am
extremely humbled and flattered by the way the
industry has accepted me. I never expected it to
happen at all.
Have you given marriage a thought?
I don't think of marriage! I am just 23 right now. I
think there is a long way for me to go. There should
be someone I like enough to marry him! Nobody like
that is in the horizon. If it is supposed to happen,
it will.
What kind of qualities do you want in your
spouse?
I have a really long list. He's gotta be really
funny. He has to be intelligent and should be able
to speak about anything and everything. He has to be
taller than me. I guess he has to be sincere and
love me for what I am.
Is it okay if he is a Bollywood hero?
It's okay if he is anyone, as long as he falls in
love with me and I fall in love with him.
Describe a typical day in Priyanka's life when she
is shooting.
God! That's a crazy day. It starts really early
because I usually have 7am shifts. It starts at
about 5:30 and I leave for work at 6:30. Usually
it's a 7 to 9 shift. If I finish off early in the
evening, I have a photo-shoot or something. Then I
come home by 11, have dinner and go to bed.
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