After
winning
the
Miss
World
pageant,
Priyanka
Chopra
made
her
acting
debut
opposite
South
star
Thalapathy
Vijay
in
Thamizhan
in
2002.
The
movie
marked
the
actress'
debut
in
Kollywood.
Recently
in
an
interview
with
Vanity
Fair
magazine,
Priyanka
spoke
at
length
about
her
first
co-star
and
what
she
learnt
from
him.
Recalling
her
early
days
in
showbiz,
the
actress
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."
Priyanka
also
shared
a
lesson
which
she
learnt
from
Vijay
and
called
him
one
of
the
first
few
influences
in
her
life.
"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," Priyanka
told
the
magazine.
Earlier
Priyanka
Chopra
was
all
praise
for
Thalapathy
Vijay
in
her
memoir
Unfinished.
She
had
mentioned
how
the
Master
actor's
humility
and
generosity
with
fans
had
left
a
lasting
impression
on
how.