Freida Pinto
Freida Pinto
Freida Selena Pintois an Indian actress who has appeared mainly in American and British films. She was born and raised in Mumbai, India, and decided when young that she would become an actress. As a student at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, she took part in amateur plays. After graduation, she briefly worked as a model and then as a television presenter...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth18 October 1984
CityMumbai, India
CountryIndia
I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.
When we know that educating a girl can change the world, why wait?
I think even the most beautiful person looks stupid on Skype.
I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.
I did not particularly enjoy modeling. I felt I was only utilizing 10 or 20 percent of my abilities. In India, it's just another job.
I don't think Bollywood is only mindless cinema, but a lot of films they churn out are not films that I completely enjoy watching.
I actually didn't mind school, and I enjoyed university and college.
In terms of romantic films, all-time romantic films, I really like 'Gone With the Wind.' And I realize I sound so cliched saying that, but there's something so absolutely romantic about it.
I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities, and I'm proud to be a part of that cultural shift.
A lot of the younger Indian generation are either IT geniuses or doctors - the number of doctors I've seen in L.A. who are Indian is just crazy. So it is a very common thing. Or an accountant! That again is a very, very big thing.
I always imagined that I would learn something each time that I would take to a new project, then I realized that each new project poses a completely different challenge.
When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there's also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent.
I'm a human being before anything else.
I feel like this whole idea of wanting something that you don't really have is also very American in a way.