5 Inspiring Quotes From Priyanka Chopra About South Asian Representation

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May is Asian Heritage Month, and to commemorate the occasion we’ve gathered five quotes from Priyanka Chopra, in which the “Citadel” star shares her insights on making her mark on Hollywood as a South Asian woman. 1.

The Immigrant’s Journey When Chopra as cast as Alex Parrish on ABC drama “Quantico”, she made history as the first South Asian actor to lead an American network series. “First of all, as a woman in my mid-thirties to leave my country and my friends and my familiarity and the industry that taught me everything, where I know every filmmaker and every actor, to suddenly come into an industry where I knew no one and people didn’t know my work, or what I’d been able to accomplish or the diversity of my filmography, and at the same time, having no friends and no community, it was really lonely,” Chopra told The Hollywood Reporter, reflecting on her journey from major in her native Indian to relative unknown to American TV viewers. READ MORE: Priyanka Chopra Says ‘The Adrenaline From Loving The Work’ Is What Keeps Her Going Through Her Hectic Career “When I first moved here, I went through a couple of years of really being — I won’t use the word depressed, because I never clinically was — but just sad,” she shared. “It took a lot for me to have to go to work and hustle every day and remind myself that I have ambitions and they deserve fruition and I have to work hard for it.

There’s no free lunch in the world. I had to motivate myself a lot and it was a trudge, till slowly I started making friends and I started having a community and I started kind of feeling like America was my second home.

I think that’s the immigrant journey. You‘re kind of in between for a period of time.”‌ 2. Excitement Around Asian