In a new cover story for VARIETY, Priyanka Chopra Jonas speaks candidly from her plush Upper West Side high rise apartment on why she dislikes the word crossover, “blowing up” her career to move to the United States, her 8-year marriage to Nick Jonas, her “wonderful” in-laws,” navigating change, fame, being called a “pageant girl,” and much more.
Chopra Jonas on being called a crossover:
“I have a tumultuous relationship with that word. I haven’t figured it out yet. It almost sounds like where you were wasn’t good enough — and that’s never how it felt to me.”
On moving “blowing up” her career and moving to LA:
“To restart your career in your 30s is terrifying,”she says. “I was secure. I was doing well financially. I was established. And I chose to blow it up.”
On being called a “pageant girl” in reference to winning the 2000 Miss World pageant:
“Someday, I gotta talk to Gal Gadot about that.”
On fame:
“I’ve had a push-and-pull relationship with fame always,” she says. “And I’ve kind of divided myself into two. There’s my public side and my personal side.”
On reaching her current high career high:
“It took many years to be sitting where I am right now, a lot of pavement-pounding,” she says. “I am in a position now where I get to pick the things that I want to make. I understand the privilege of that very much, and I take it very seriously.”
On husband Nick Jonas and how her in-laws are “wonderful”:
“We got married really quick, within six months of meeting,” she says. “When I first married him. I didn’t know if it was even real. This part of him. Because I was like this is crazy. This is put on. But Nick has this absolute sincerity. It inspires me every day in a profession which requires you to pivot and become whatever you need to put on. He’s constantly sincere. His whole day, whatever the conversation is, he is sincere. He started working when he was really young. His parents are the most wonderful, levelheaded, absolute saints, so I can see where it comes from. But it’s such a disarming quality about him.”
On security guards she with her and Jonas at a recent Netflix party:
“I am OK with being approached by anyone and taking photos, and they know that I love people coming to talk to me,” she says of the guards. “They were there to make sure we’re not being recorded without consent. That’s my biggest thing with everyone having cellphones. It happens often, especially with my daughter. We’re in the park or having ice cream, and suddenly I’ll see it online. My security is for that reason. Otherwise, I don’t need it. Nobody’s gonna kill me.”
On moving around a lot growing up with two military parents:
“Discipline was a really big part of our growing up,” she says of her early years as the elder of two children. “Your word is your bond. If you say something, you have to stand for it.”
[Photo Credit: Richie Shazam for Variety]
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