Ileana D'Cruz: I don't personally look at myself as a 'so-called perso

Ileana D'Cruz, who has been acting in films
since 2006, says she doesn't consider
herself to be a "so-called personality or a
star".
In September, Ileana shot a video for a
brand. She spoke about her struggles with
body dysmorphic disorder for 15 years.
Asked how difficult it is for a personality to
open up about personal problems, Ileana
told IANS over phone from Mumbai: "I don't
personally look at myself as a 'so-called
personality, a star or a celebrity'. First and
foremost, I am a normal human being like
everyone else. For me, it was just opening
up about issues that people don't talk about
that often."
Ileana says speaking up would help in
bringing "more awareness".
"I didn't look at it from this perspective that
I'm an actor and it will be harder. I just
wanted to talk about it thinking if I could
help someone," she added.
The actress, 30, believes that being aware
that there is a problem and that you need to
address it, is important.
"Talking about it, opening up about it and
sharing what you are going through
obviously will help. But the eventual changes
can only come from within you," she said.
It's a long process, stressed Ileana.
"It's not easy but for me, it was all about
saying that 'You can get there, you can get
to the other end and you can get out of it if
not ducking forever. You will get out of it',"
she added.
Ileana, who has starred in Tamil and Telugu
films, made her Bollywood debut in
filmmaker Anurag Basu's 2012 movie
"Barfi!". Since then she has featured in
several Hindi films like "Phata Poster Nikhla
Hero", "Main Tera Hero", "Happy Ending",
"Rustom", "Mubarakan" and "Baadshaho".
She describes her six-year journey in
Bollywood as a "roller-coaster ride".
"I feel like no film is the same experience. I
love that I get to learn something new with
every single film that I do. It's a great job - in
total, it's been 11 years for me that I've been
working and I have loved it. I can't wait for
even more years to come along," she said.
But does she have any regrets?
"Not really! I think if I had any regrets, I
wouldn't be where I am today. Mistakes that
you make, shape you as a person that you
are today and I'm happy with whatever I
did," said the actress, whose film
"Mubarakan" will air on Sony Max on
Saturday.
She added that there were also mistakes
that she made along the way but they made
her "stronger" and "a better person".
"And made me who I am today. So, no
regrets whatsoever," she said.
CREDITS: IANS.

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