the cameras were like that and now it s all on me. you know, so that was a very empowering feeling. but more than that, it was a springboard to the entertainment business, which i don t think i would have ever had or chosen if that hadn t happened to me. so, you know, you said if you had to go back as the person you are now, you wouldn t why? i just don t want competition like that! i don t want to, now, at my age, i don t want to be judged for my body type, or if i can give a quick witted answer in 60 seconds while the, you know, dong is going. there is complexities around pageants and they can be highly empowering, but there s a lot that needs to change for them to be that way. so, winning that pageant gave you the foot in the door, so to speak, in bollywood, but it wasn t immediate acceptance oi’ success. you know, it s an industry in which, even today, i would say, to a large extent, the notion of beauty has got to do with, you know, the colour of your skin,
and i remember i was sitting in the hair and make up trailer, and this was, like, two days later, and i saw these fabulous gowns and jewels and diamonds and stuff that had come for me to wear, and ijust couldn t help it and ijust started crying, and i was, like, look at the dichotomy of my life. i mean, there s a world in which i don t need to do 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 r
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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.
you re kind of told or made to feel like there s nothing 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