Deepika Padukone Reveals Why She's Frustrated With Bollywood & Opens Up About Her Fight With Depression

Deepika Padukone is featured in the latest issue of PorterEdit‘s latest issue, out now.

Here’s what the 33-year-old actress had to say…

On only being offered parts defined entirely by her ethnicity in Hollywood: “Yes. Or the exotic. The exotic assistant to the detective. I am going to meetings to let people know not just about me, but that there is a whole big world out there beyond America. And they need to see that.”

On her frustration with Bollywood and why other actors are not using their power to affect change: “I feel like a lot of actors are just content with what they do for themselves. I’m not that person. I feel like if I am in a certain place today, I would like to use that. It makes me angry sometimes to see extremely influential and talented people who don’t really try to do anything beyond what they want to do. That’s a personal choice, but it makes me sad.”

On the obstacles she overcame before choosing to take medication to fight her depression: “I wasted a couple of weeks carrying the medication around with me because I was afraid of everything I had heard, that it has side effects, that you get addicted. Finally, it gets to the point where you either take the medication or there is no point surviving.”

For more from Deepika, head to net-a-porter.com.