made me feel. ifelt smaller, ifelt invisible, ifelt like i didn t deserve to be treated the same way as everyone else because i thought that that s what my reality was. when i was in school, this is like 1a, 15, you know, you re in america and ifelt like, oh, my gosh, maybe being different does make me less than. but as i grew up, i saw that i m actually a lucky one, that, you know, yeah, sure, ifaced racism, people called me names or, you know, said mean things to me, but people around world get killed for it, for the colour of their skin, and i count myself as the lucky one, part of the lucky few that are able to stand up for themselves and have a voice for themselves. you ve also been very vocal about the pay gap, and let s talk about that for both the industries that you re a part of, but let s start with bollywood.
greater than you when you walk into a room, and that comes from the immense love that the indian people have for hindi movies. the audience loves hindi movies and they love the stars that are in them. so when you become a hindi movie actor, you kind of feel like it s all about me, you know. i m the greatest thing to have ever happened because i ve made it to the eyes and the minds and the hearts of millions and billions, actually, of people who watch hindi movies around the world. it is a really powerful feeling and then when you walk out of your comfort zone and you go into another country, you have to kind of remind yourself that, oh, that is not a fact, that s not true, just because there is a section of people that love me, that does not necessarily mean that hollywood is just waiting for me to make movies,
declared in five regions, including auckland, as strong winds and heavy rain have brought down trees and damaged power lines. now on bbc news, 100 women in conversation: priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she s an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she s perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she s one of the bbc s 100 women this year. hi! and we re going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc.
borisjohnson, whilstapplying for the chairmanship of the bbc. now on bbc news. bbc 100 women in conversation: priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she s an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she s perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she s one of the bbc s 100 women this year. hi! and we re going to talk to her about her career and activism.
this, this is not myjob, but i do it because that s my purpose, that s the purpose that i have found. it s very difficult to go back into a normal life when you see the kind of human suffering that i have witnessed with unicef around the world, but i like to focus on the hope, i like to focus on the many, many volunteers and people that have come together to better these children s lives. i ve got to take it back a bit to your life again. you know, when you went to the us, you were a huge bollywood star here, known, loved, adored, and then you went to this country trying to break into an industry there and you ve written about how there were rooms where you didn t know anyone, where there were parties where you were not part of the a list set, where you were in the other section. what was that experience like? humbling. the one thing about being an actor in bollywood is female or males the men enjoy a lot more of it, but women do too.