Payal Rohatgi Quotes

As an Asian actor, I would like once in my life to do just one Hollywood movie. It would be a memorable experience.

I'm the first girl from Afghanistan to lead a series in the United States.

People used to think I am wearing turban so maybe I won't act. Then Bollywood happened. So on its own things have happened in my career.

When I have time, I would like to do films in my language but I would also like to star in Bengali and Marathi films too.

Our films have immense power, and we have always accepted international artistes with open arms. If Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone can do wonders in Hollywood, then they can also do it here.

I am the first Pakistani actress who got the opportunity to work with Shah Rukh Khan as the main lead.

Jennifer Lopez, she opened so many doors for Latinas such as myself.

As a middle class girl from Delhi, with practically no backing in films, this industry and the audience have given me a lot of love.

The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.

I'm not partial to any system, but at the same time, I'm a Korean actor, so I expect to work mainly on Korean projects.

I don't want to play only Latin women. I want to have roles in English.

I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.

I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

As long as I am acting, I will do only Telugu films. I want to take Telugu films to the world. Everyone should talk about our films.

When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.

Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I'm comfortable and so much I have declined because I haven't been comfortable.

'Night of the Comet' established me as a strong woman. And let's face it, this business is very surface and one dimensional - so it's easy to get typecast.

I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

I will be the first black James Bond.

I don't compare myself with Freida Pinto. She has come a long way. She does only films in the West. I am open to do both - Indian films and films from the West.

Well, I am from India and I wanted to make films in English for the international market in India. So that was really the main thing, and then of course economically it was cheaper to make films in India.

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.

I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.