Priyanka Chopra hails climate change activist Greta Thunberg

As young climate change activist Greta Thunberg stirs up a storm around the world, demanding climate action and becoming a source of inspiration for all, Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has joined the list of luminaries marching behind the young leader.

During an interview with NDTV, the 37-year-old 'Quantico' star revealed that Thunberg has become an 'inspiration' for her. 

"The good thing is, kids have an awareness and they want to take their futures in their own hands, which is inspiring to me as an adult. The fact that they want to have a choice and voice and say, 'this is the future would I want to live in.' I want to be that person," she said.

Asked whether today’s children are doing more than they should, the actor responded saying: "I don't think so. We are living and evolving in a world where a lot of information comes to you at an earlier age than it would have come to us. I was more interested in clothes and boys when I was 16 and I didn't really realise the responsibilities that I would be aware of when I turned 17 and I was Miss World and I was exposed to the world."

"I don't know if I had the courage to do that. I learnt that when I got into my thirties, That's something I find very inspiring. With young kids and teenagers, especially how much responsibility they take on their own shoulders," she further added.

The actor had also welcomed the activist’s zeal to fight the cause in an Instagram post as she stated: "How dare we fail you... And what audacity we have to not want to help you save what's left?"