She is new to the country as well as the film industry and three-film-old Jacqueline Fernandez, who tasted success recently with ‘Murder 2’, feels Bollywood is ‘intimidating’.
The 26-year-old actress, who hails from Sri Lanka, says that being an outsider in the Hindi film industry and the country has its own drawbacks. “At the end of the day you are an outsider and it doesn’t help you much when you don’t even belong to the country. You can’t imagine how it feels for a young woman to come back to an empty apartment, be all lonely and face her demons. The city starts seeming far more alien while the sheer unpredictability of Bollywood as an industry starts intimidating you,” Jacqueline says.
It has been just three years in the industry for the former model, who began her acting career with ‘Aladin’ in 2009, followed by ‘Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai’. But both films bombed, making it tough for Jacqueline to make a mark in Bollywood.
“’Jaane...’ and ‘Houseful’ released back to back last year and though ‘Dhanno’ was a good enough reason to smile, honestly I expected much more from my career. I am feeling a lot more settled and now is the time to prove myself. I have been working very hard and feeling a lot more secure as a person,” she says.
The actor also adds that these are far happier times for her. “I am a lot more content than before. I have no complaints or regrets. I have been given these opportunities and now it is up to me to make the best out of it,” she adds.