LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Actress and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas says she spent six months at home during the pandemic in time to “spread” her life.
The Miss World, Hollywood and Bollywood star wrote a “Unfinished” memoir, choosing a title she says reflects what she still wants to do in her career.
“It was more unsettling for me to look at my journey now at this stage in my life – where I am satisfied and confident and not insecure about the past , ”Chopra Jonas told Reuters in an interview.
“I was ready to ruin my life with my time at quarantine … Many of us always try to be … our favorite versions and try our best. to do. We are all in infinitely different forms and work in progress. ”
“Infinite”, out Thursday, looks back at Chopra Jonas’ youth and teenager in India and the United States respectively, as she returned home to win a national beauty pageant, pageant, she explains in her book, her brother persuading their mother to enter it.
She went on to be crowned Miss World in 2000, winning the launch of her acting career.
“My pageants were a springboard for me, not just for my career, but as a woman,” she said.
“But at the same time, I am also someone who believes that women should not be judged in the majority or in the way they look … And I’m not think I’ll do it again. “
Following his success in Bollywood, Chopra Jonas, who is married to pop star Nick Jonas, was cast in the US television drama “Quantico”.
“I don’t think it was normal as a concept for American filmmakers of movies or TV shows to think that the head of a mainstream show … could be Indian,” she said.
“So it became an effort for me to create those opportunities for myself and others like me.”
Chopra Jonas, who will star in “The Matrix 4”, is currently on screens in the Netflix film “The White Tiger” about the desires of a poor Indian driver. She also made the film based on the Man Booker Prize-winning book.
“It’s an exciting journey for me as a producer to tell stories that I want to see honestly and to tell stories that will create a bigger record in … Hollywood,” she said. (Reporting by Sarah Mills; Editing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian)