Priyanka Chopra began her journey in the West with her role in Quantico back in 2015. After establishing herself in the global entertainment space, the actor has now opened up about leaving Bollywood at the peak of her career and taking a leap, and about dealing with tense relationships in the Hindi film industry. Looking back at that phase, Priyanka said she doesn’t like to “stay in s**t."

Priyanka Chopra on leaving Bollywood

Recently, Priyanka was seen with Amanda Hirsch on her Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, where the Citadel actress spoke about her decision to venture into the West. When asked about why she decided to explore the American film industry, Priyanka said, “When I was working back in India, I started feeling limited… I wanted to be able to see what else was out there. Besides Mindy Kaling and Aishwarya Rai, there were very few female or male Indian actors in Hollywood. And I was like why don’t we have that representation. It made me think of myself as that girl who was in the 9th grade in America, where nobody looks like me… I didn’t think about it (much) at that time, but as someone who was starting to seek work in Hollywood, I thought where do I stand? How do I begin?… It came from the need to want and see what the possibilities were there.”