Bollywood Star Deepika Padukone On Pursuing Her Destiny As An Actress: ‘This Is Where I’m Going To Be’

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Deepika Padukone knew deep down that she was going to be an actress. The Bollywood star is on cover of Allure‘s new “Global Beauty” issue for April, and in it she discusses her decision to pursue careers in modelling and acting. READ MORE: Bollywood Stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh Share Stunning Wedding Photos After Tying The Knot In Italy “I sat [my parents] down and had this conversation with them and they were supportive,” she recalls of telling her parents about her modelling dreams. “My father remembered his parents allowing him to just follow his heart, so they did the same [for me].

The only thing they wanted me to do was finish my education… which I didn’t end up doing because when I started modelling, things got so busy.” When it comes to acting, Padukone says, “Sometimes I just know [things] deep down inside.

I don’t have to vocalize it. I don’t have to say it to anyone. I just know. We’d sit in a [movie] theatre and I’d see some of these actresses onscreen.

I don’t know what it was. I just looked at them and felt like, This is where I’m going to be, and, honestly, I did nothing to consciously work toward that, which I find so strange.” Finding her footing in the film industry did take some time, though. “My first experience was almost served to me on a platter,” she says. “I was so well presented and so well taken care of that I thought that’s just the way it’s going to be; that the director would always make sure that I act well, and that my diction is on point and I’m looking amazing.