Freida Pinto Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
12th June 2016
Quote: "In many parts of the world, it's always the girls who are the most marginalised - they're denied education or have been taken out of school because they've been married at age 18. If you think about the injustice towards women, even in our very developed world, it exists, so you can't even imagine the extent of it in parts of the world where people aren't even aware of their rights. Getting involved came from a very human part of me." Freida Pinto explains why she took on her new role as ambassador for Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education.
29th February 2016
Fact: Indian beauty Freida Pinto made her red carpet debut with her boyfriend, professional polo player Ronnie Bacardi, at Sunday's (28Feb16) Vanity Fair Oscar Party. The couple was first linked in October (15), and the actress picked Hollywood's big night to make their romance official as the stylish pair posed together for photographers. She split from her Slumdog Millionaire co-star Dev Patel in 2014, after a six-year romance.
6th July 2015
Fact: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE beauty Freida Pinto has been unveiled as the new brand ambassador for luxury Swiss watchmakers Audemars Piguet.
26th January 2015
Quote: "I'm not a heroin junkie and I'm glad I do not have to take recourse to that in order to feel free... In order to understand them (junkies), in order to understand what makes them tick... I wanted to really make this a true background research (sic), and so the director and I took a couple of Na meetings in London. We sat at the back of the room and listened to everybody talk." Actress Freida Pinto researched her new role as a real-life drug addict in Desert Dancer by attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
26th January 2015
Fact: Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto refused to shave her hair off for her role in new movie Desert Dancer, because it would have cost her her contract with cosmetics company L'Oreal.
2nd July 2014
Quote: "I wish I could cook Indian food because I could start a restaurant and have an alternative career. There aren't any good Indian places in L.A.!" Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto regrets not being able to cook a good Indian meal.
16th October 2013
Fact: Bruno Mars recruited actress Freida Pinto for the music video of his latest single, Gorilla. The Slumdog Millionaire star plays a stripper who later engages in a hot and heavy session with Mars' club singer character in the back of his car.
12th July 2012
Quote: "This is not the only life I lead. I have a life in pyjamas as well, reading scripts, going to see movies with friends. I still retain my old life. Maybe some of it has changed but I still retain the old me." Actress Freida Pinto is determined to maintain the lifestyle she followed before finding fame.
22nd March 2012
Quote: "I was entertaining at kiddy parties, but I was always trying to run away from dressing up. I didn't want to get in a dirty costume. You sweat in it!" Indian actress Freida Pinto on the pre-fame job she hated.
22nd March 2012
Quote: "I studied it back in college and I got really frustrated reading about a female character that just wasn't doing anything." Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto on Thomas Hardy's literary heroine Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The actress is playing the character in a new Indian adaptation, called Trishna.
16th January 2012
Fact: Indian actress Freida Pinto took a guard to the Golden Globes as her date - he was hired by Chopard to look after the star's rented jewels.
14th November 2011
Quote: "These kinds of things are always uncomfortable whenever you do it. There is never a good time for these scenes that deal with intimacy. Honestly I don't mentally prepare myself. I just go in and do what I need to do. It's my job and I try to separate that from reality." Actress Freida Pinto hates movie love scenes.
17th August 2011
Quote: "I think even the most beautiful person looks stupid on Skype." Indian actress Freida Pinto feels self-conscious when she uses the video link-up software.
10th August 2011
Quote: "We use it a lot - and we hate it as well. It's like a tease. I also feel it's this pressure: 'Oh my god, he's seeing me after two weeks, I hope my hair is OK.' It's just hideous. I think even the most beautiful person looks stupid on Skype." Freida Pinto is forced to chat online with her actor boyfriend Dev Patel when they're apart.
29th March 2011
Quote: "I am able to choose my projects now. Before, I was struggling and almost gave up acting to become a wedding planner! I'm good at organising and a bit obsessive-compulsive with it." The success of Slumdog Millionaire saved Indian actress Freida Pinto from giving up on her Hollywood dreams.
28th March 2011
Quote: "Dev's one of my best friends. He's sweet, hilarious and smart. He understands me so well that if I say five words to Dev, he understands the 50 words that follow. He makes it easy and less tiring." Actress Freida Pinto's romance with her Slumdog Millionaire co-star Dev Patel is still going strong.
13th December 2010
Quote: "When it comes to shoes, it's got to the point that I need to find family or friends to share them with - I have 70 pairs. But it's hard to find anyone here with size 41 feet." Freida Pinto struggles to share her footwear with friends in her native Mumbai, India.
13th December 2010
Quote: "Saris are beautiful, but I don't wear them. There's a certain grace and elegance you need to carry it off - and sometimes I'm very clumsy." Indian actress Freida Pinto isn't graceful enough for the country's national dress.
13th November 2010
Quote: "I was worried people might dismiss me as someone who had 20 minutes in a film and now considers herself a big star. But it's like, my god, I never asked for this." Actress Freida Pinto on facing critics when she catapulted to fame after the huge success of her first movie, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
3rd August 2010
Quote: "She never does (have an off day). She's like one of those waxworks at Madame Tussauds. Flawless." Dev Patel insists his girlfriend Freida Pinto is always beautiful to him.
13th March 2009
Quote: "I have the best of both worlds because back in India, I am not recognised and I can walk down my street without make-up on." SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE star Freida Pinto loves returning to her home country from Hollywood.
10th March 2009
Quote: "Working with DEV was the best thing that coul have happened to me. We were both in the same situation. We would give and take and help each other out. When I'd get stuck, he'd help me. When he'd get stuck, I'd help him." Freida Pinto loved working with her SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE co-star Dev Patel.
9th March 2009
Quote: "I feel like Alice in Wonderland. It is even more special because I've struggled to get where I am. I have collected some souvenirs, the silliest things - like a little sign saying, 'Reserved for Freida Pinto' that was on the table at the Golden Globes." SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE star FREIDA PINTO on her red carpet experiences.
9th March 2009
Quote: "I'm still the same sensitive and simple girl who always dreamed about becoming an actress. The only thing that's changed is that the girl walking around in jeans and tees has now taken to wearing designer dresses." SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE star Freida Pinto on her new-found fame.
23rd February 2009
Quote: "Yeah, and the little boy in our film is our kid." Freida Pinto laughs off rumours she and SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE co-star Dev Patel are dating in real life.
23rd February 2009
Quote: "Yeah, and the little boy in our film is our kid." Freida Pinto laughs off rumours she and SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE co-star Dev Patel are dating in real life.
23rd February 2009
Quote: "My favourite performance is Charlize Theron in MONSTER. She's gorgeous, and you can't tell it's her up there." SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE star Freida Pinto on her favourite Oscar-winning performance.
21st February 2009
Quote: She told me after our first audition that she felt like a bit of a paedophile because we had to do this love scene and she was like 23 and I was 17 at the time. So it was pretty weird for her. Dev Patel's SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE co-star Freida Pinto was wary of the pair's on-screen romance.
19th February 2009
Quote: "Mickey Rourke was sitting next to me. He looked at me and said, 'What are you doing here? Isn't it past your bedtime?' He knows I like an early night." SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE star Freida Pinto on her BAFTA Awards experience in London.
17th February 2009
Quote: "Kate is my biggest supporter in this industry because every time I meet her she is always there for me. She's looking at me saying, 'See it through.' So it feels really good that she's there for me and looking after me." Indian actress Freida Pinto, 24, credits new mentor Kate Winslet, 33, with calming her nerves during the whirlwind success of new movie SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
17th February 2009
Quote: "I have this scrapbook at home... It has his pictures and all his cuttings from magazines." SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE star Freida Pinto reveals her celebrity crush on Hollywood actor Leonardo Dicaprio.
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