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I did not realize how difficult it was until I started working in America,\" she said, Sunday (10 SEPT. 2017)\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Especially an Asian woman of color, South Asian, that is me, there seems to be, there needs to be an explanation of why a South Asian, or an Indian, or someone who looks like me is cast in mainstream entertainment, but I don't think that that's a requirement because if you look around in America, or North America itself, it's a melting pot of all kinds of immigrants and cultures, so why should there have to be an explanation of an ethnicity anymore?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So I am hoping that with people like me and other people, other actors that are coming in from other parts of the world in global entertainment and if we dig our feet in and we say 'I don't want to only play the stereotype of what you expect me to be.' Only (mimics) 'I don't want to talk like this' you know? This is what a modern Indian girl speaks like and that is what I want to play,\" she insists. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"So I mean, credit to my producers and filmmakers who have come to me with parts like that, but it's a fight, it's a battle, and I am not afraid to fight it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Speaking in Jordan, during a visit to Amman in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations child welfare agency UNICEF, the 35-year-old actress recalled how she fine-tuned her career in India, where she has been acting since the early 2000s.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"In India, when I first started my career, yes, I did get a lot of pretty girl roles, which is not wrong, but I'm an actor and I want to be able to act, that's my profession. So I took a conscious decision in creating parts for myself or looking for parts which would give me the ammunition of doing something which was substantial in a film. It's not about the quantity, it's about the quality, even if it's a few scenes but it's not a wallflower or a glamor, the glamorous effect in a movie, it actually should have a punch,\" she explained. \u003cbr/\u003e              Admitting she allowed society's views on skin tone to shape her view of herself as a teenager, Chopra adds it's important to encourage girls and women around the world to challenge general views of beauty.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When I was a teenager, I was considered darker-toned, so in my head, I wasn't pretty and that's the ideology. Sometimes, I've see a lot of girls who are light-skinned in America say 'I am too pale, I am not pretty,' and it's like, why is this color of your skin a standard of beauty?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think it's a problem around the world where the standard of beauty is whatever you don't have is what will make you beautiful. What?! What about everything else that God has given us?\" she adds. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think we need to bring our focus back on natural, we need to bring our focus back on finding the best version of yourself, instead of just doctors and beauty products that change who you are.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Chopra met on Sunday with refugee children at a UNICEF-supported center for children in the capital of Amman, one of dozens across Jordan for refugees and locals.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Amman, Jordan, 10 September 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of Priyanka Chopra talking during an interview with the Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, actress, goodwill ambassador for UNICEF:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"In India, when I first started my career, yes, I did get a lot of pretty girl roles, which is not wrong, but I'm an actor and I want to be able to act, that's my profession. So I took a conscious decision in creating parts for myself or looking for parts which would give me the ammunition of doing something which was substantial in a film. It's not about the quantity, it's about the quality, even if it's a few scenes but it's not a wallflower or a glamor, the glamorous effect in a movie, it actually should have a punch. So I started doing that in India and I reached a position in my life in India where I'm fortunate enough that I get those kinds of parts.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Cutaway Chopra's hands\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, actress, goodwill ambassador for UNICEF:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I've had an amazing reception with my TV show 'Quantico,' with doing movies like 'Baywatch' and 'Isn't It Romantic' which is another New Line movie I have just done. But it's difficult for a woman of color. I did not realize how difficult it was until I started working in America. There are certain - especially an Asian woman of color, South Asian, that is me, there seems to be, there needs to be an explanation of why a South Asian, or an Indian, or someone who looks like me is cast in mainstream entertainment, but I don't think that that's a requirement because if you look around in America, or North America itself, it's a melting pot of all kinds of immigrants and cultures, so why should there have to be an explanation of an ethnicity anymore? But that's still a conversation which is huge in entertainment and it's not addressed as much. So I am hoping that with people like me and other people, other actors that are coming in from other parts of the world in global entertainment and if we dig our feet in and we say 'I don't want to only play the stereotype of what you expect me to be.' Only (mimics) 'I don't want to talk like this' you know? This is what a modern Indian girl speaks like and that is what I want to play. So I mean, credit to my producers and filmmakers who have come to me with parts like that, but it's a fight, it's a battle, and I am not afraid to fight it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              (Reporter: \"So you're saying there should be and could be be wider variety of offers of roles?\")\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It shouldn't be a fight. it should be normal that you cast someone because they are good for the job and not because their ethnicity can't be explained in mainstream entertainment.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Medium of Chopra sitting and talking\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, actress, goodwill ambassador for UNICEF:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's announced for development. We are developing it right now, but because it was announced I mentioned it. It's a sitcom which is about a big time Bollywood actress in the '90s who decides to give up everything for love and becomes a soccer mom in middle America. I just think it's very funny, just as a story. So now we are writing it and hopefully, if it turns out well, we will see it on air at some point.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Close up of Chopra listening\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, actress, goodwill ambassador for UNICEF:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When I was a teenager, I was considered darker-toned, so in my head, I wasn't pretty and that's the ideology. Sometimes, I've see a lot of girls who are light-skinned in America say 'I am too pale, I am not pretty,' and it's like, why is this color of your skin a standard of beauty? So when I did that commercial, I mean it was a really big brand for me at that time I had just become an actress and it was a business decision. But when I saw the commercial, it took me looking at myself and seeing that commercial for me to understand that I'm standing for exactly what made me insecure as a teenager, and then I got out of the contract of course and never did it again. But it took me actually seeing myself saying that and remembering what I felt like as a 12 year old when I used to watch the commercials and buy those creams and try and change my skin tone because I would be prettier and I don't think that's the standard of beauty I want for my children or for the children of the world. So I talk about it now because it's not just a prevalent problem in Asia, I think it's a problem around the world where the standard of beauty is whatever you don't have is what will make you beautiful. What?! What about everything else that God has given us. I think we need to bring our focus back on natural, we need to bring our focus back on finding the best version of yourself, instead of just doctors and beauty products that change who you are.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              9. 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