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🗓️ 25 June 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Priyanka Chopra is a model, actress, philanthropist and former winner of Miss World. She has starred in over 50 films worldwide including the 2017 movie Baywatch alongside Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, and currently stars in the US drama series Quantico. She believes her innate confidence to be the driving factor behind her massive success and credits her parents for instilling her with this belief from a young age.
Chapters:
00:00 Trailer.
01:55 Brian’s thoughts on the episode.
03:40 Brian’s introduction.
04:15 London memories where everything started for Priyanka.
07:56 Where her confidence comes from.
10:31 Priyanka’s views on racism.
13:21 Why she believes in destiny.
15:09 Priyanka’s work ethic.
16:41 Developing acting ability.
20:44 Why Priyanka hates the connotation Bollywood projects.
22:52 Was Hollywood her ambition?
24:57 How she gave herself the confidence to audition for Quantico.
29:37 Working in diverse genres.
30:45 Diversity in the entertainment industry.
35:56 What being a UNICEF goodwill ambassador means to Priyanka.
38:19 The Rock and Priyanka have the same DNA.
40:30 What makes a great movie star.
42:36 Priyanka’s Hindu prayer life.
44:24 Daddy’s little girl dealing with the grief of his passing.
46:28 Phone call to the twenty year old Priyanka.
47:42 Brian’s summing up.
Notes:
Priyanka Chopra on Twitter
https://twitter.com/priyankachopra
Priyanka Chopra on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/priyankachopra/?hl=en
Priyanka Chopra on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/priyankachopra/
Purple Pebble Pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Pebble_Pictures
Priyanka Chopra on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priyanka_Chopra
Topics discussed:
Quantico (TV series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantico_(TV_series)
Baywatch (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baywatch_(film)
Bollywood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood
La La Land (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_La_Land_(film)
James Bond in Film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_in_film
Time Magazine The 100 Most Influential People
http://time.com/collection/2016-time-100/artists/
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors
https://www.unicef.org/people/people_ambassadors.html
People mentioned in this episode:
Steve Jobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr07uR75Qk0
Beyoncé
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9
Russell Tovey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tovey
Meryl Streep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl_Streep
Cate Blanchett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate_Blanchett
Robert McKee
https://londonreal.tv/robert-mckee-story/
Ellen Ripley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ripley
Sarah Connor (Terminator)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Connor_(Terminator)
Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson
Bono
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono
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0:00.0 | The top one is Miss World 2000 Life |
0:04.0 | A Round the Wall from the Dome. |
0:07.0 | I was Miss World at 18 just because I was confident. |
0:12.0 | And I wasn't like that from the beginning, so confidence is something I taught myself over the years. |
0:17.0 | I started becoming okay with who I am. |
0:21.0 | That was nothing. who I am. I was nervous that how would America and global entertainment react to an Indian girl playing |
0:29.3 | the American hero? |
0:31.3 | But it doesn't matter as long as you're convincing as a pie. |
0:34.0 | It's not the sympathy that you want, but oh my God as a girl you don't get the jobs. |
0:40.0 | It's hard we're willing to work for it and we'll demand it. |
0:43.4 | I feel like the more conversations that happen the more people see examples like |
0:50.0 | me playing the Villain in Baywatch or Wonder Woman or so many female stronger |
0:55.7 | characters that are coming out right now the more people will understand that |
0:59.3 | that's also entertainment and has nothing to do with gender. I feel like destiny and hard work go hand in hand. |
1:06.0 | There are some things that are inexplicable that happen. |
1:10.0 | You have to be able to recognize opportunities. |
1:15.0 | There will be a lot of them that come into your life. |
1:17.0 | And once you recognize an opportunity, you have to seize the day and work bloody hard. I'm going to do. So, Okay, so check this out. I'm about to interview Priyanka Chopra who is the Hollywood movie star |
2:04.4 | television actress former Miss India and Miss World and now she's the star of |
2:10.8 | Bay Watch the movie which I saw last night. |
2:13.6 | The Rock is in there. |
2:14.8 | Zach Efron, it's crazy. |
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