Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress, model and playback singer. Recently, she is working on Hollywood projects too. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Priyanka is one of India's highest-paid and most popular entertainers. Now, the top heroine has opened about her experience of working with Thalapathy Vijay, her first co-star.

Priyanka Chopra accepted offers to join the Indian film industry, which came as a result of her pageant wins. She made her acting debut opposite Thalapathy Vijay in the Tamil film (2002). In a recent interview, the actress explained how she was new to films in 2000, right after she won the Miss World title. Priyanka also added that she follows one important lesson she learnt from Vijay even today.

In her latest interview with Vanity Fair, Priyanka said, "The first few movies that I did was a Tamil movie called Tamizhan and two Hindi movies - Andaaz and The Hero. They were tagged to be really big movies. And I remember walking on to the sets not knowing anything and thinking that acting was all about the clothes you wear and the makeup that you get done. And then I walked onto a set and I had to think about how to take these words on a paper and make them a person, and that was terrifying."

The bewitching actress also shared an important lesson she learnt from Thalapathy Vijay. "I remember Tamizhan, which was really difficult for me as I did not know Tamil as a language. I was learning it phonetically, memorising it, understanding the meaning behind it, and then saying my lines. But, I loved watching my co-actor Vijay - he was one of the first few influences in my life. He had tremendous humility on set. Once he comes onto the set, he never leaves the set. And that's something I do even now. I very rarely will go back to my trailer in between shots, unless it's a really long time that I have to wait. I'm usually hanging out on set. I'd like to understand why we're taking different shots. I like to speak to the crew. I like to be in the mix," she added.