International actress Sunny Leone, who’s set to enter a reality show, defends her career choice

Neha Maheshwri (BOMBAY TIMES; November 20, 2011)

 

The latest import to enter the Bigg Boss house is international ‘adult film star’ Sunny Leone. A popular international magazine listed her as one of the top 12 porn stars last year. Crowned as the penthouse pet in the year 2003, wonder if she’ll be able to set the BB house afire with her oomph factor and glam quotient? Excerpts…

People don’t look beyond your sexy image and hot body…
• I believe that you can change one person at a time. So, if that’s the way each contestant would think of me, my objective would be to change their opinion of who I am. I am who I am and this is what I do. I don’t regret who I am. I am not a monster that has horns. I love the fact that my roots are from this country and I am very proud to be an Indian.

What do you have to say about Indian men?
• I think men are the same across the globe. They all think very similar. Guys are simple creatures and have a simple mindset. They don’t like drama. They eat, sleep, work and come home. I don’t think men are complicated.

Do you have a strategy which you will follow when you are locked up?
• I am going to be who I am. I will not hold myself back. If something bothers me, I will spit it out that very moment.

What if you were to be locked inside the house as the only female contestant with rest of them being only males?
• I probably would swear more because they would always be swearing. If there were that many boys and just me, I would have to adjust. I would become one of the boys!

How did you get into this profession?
• It never landed in my lap. I met an agent in America who was very respectful and took things really slow. It wasn’t something that I had thought about. I have now set up my own company with my partner and we make four to five movies a month which includes everything right from shooting, directing to editing and promoting them.

How did your family react to your decision of taking up this profession?
• My dad was offended because I didn’t discuss this with him. Naturally, any loving parent is going to be upset about it. But at the end of it they are still your parents, they will love you unconditionally.

How do you react to the ‘porn star’ title?
• I don’t like being called a ‘porn star’ but an ‘adult star’. I don’t see myself different from anybody else.

How do people behave with you?
• I show my fans so much respect that they reciprocate it to me. When a guy comes up to me, he wants my attention for those 30 seconds and I give him my undivided attention.

Are you updated with the latest Bollywood happenings?
• Not really. But I must say that Indian women are gorgeous both in movies and soap operas. My parents usually watch these soap operas.

Who according to you is the hottest Bollywood actor?
• Salman Khan. My baby cousin is in love with him. My mission on this show is to get his picture with or without me signed by him for my cousin.

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