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I'm an international actor, but at the same time, I'm also a Bollywood actor, even though most of my career has been abroad. However, I've always kept in touch with Hindi cinema.

I have always let the lack of Indian actors in the industry drive me, not hold me back. I remember an agent in L.A. telling me a few years ago that an Indian actor wouldn't ever make it in Hollywood, but my ethnicity has helped me.

I am an actress first, a singer second.

When I first started, all the media I ever got was, 'Hey! There's this Indian girl. And even though she is Indian, she gets views and stuff.'

I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.

I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood.

I'm very used to being in India now and to working with actors and directors I'm comfortable with because I know them already.

My mom always knew I was going to be an actor because I was a ham from the very beginning, so she would push me toward it, which is really unconventional for Indian families to do.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.