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Actor Priyanka Chopra recently said her greatest achievement has been her ability to consistently conquer fear and her biggest dream is to leave behind a legacy.

The 35-year-old actor, however, became emotional when she said that her biggest regret would be not being able to spend enough time with her father, Ashok Chopra, who passed away in 2013 after battling cancer.

“(My) biggest achievement is the ability to get over my fears. My biggest achievement is to turn my vulnerability into my strength because I’m usually emotional and I get affected by a lot of things.

“I know I come across as as tough, sassy and witty. That is a big part of protecting myself. There has not been anyone holding out a safety net for me. So, I trust my instinct, so that even if I fail, it’ll be my failure… My biggest regret is I didn’t spend as much time as I did with my dad,” Priyanka said.

The actor, who was in the capital to deliver the Penguin Annual Lecture, was in conversation with NDTV anchor Sonia Singh.

She addressed a full-capacity auditorium at Siri Fort here on the theme ‘Breaking The Glass Ceiling: Chasing a dream’ at the 11th edition of the event.

Talking about chasing her dreams – from Bollywood to Hollywood to doing philanthropy – the National Award-winning actor said her biggest dream is to leave behind a legacy.

“I always have the same dream that manifests into different things and my biggest dream is to leave behind a legacy,” she said.

The actor said she represents all the people who have shown faith in her, a simple girl who came out of an Army School from Bareilly.

“If I can, every one of them can,” she said.

Priyanka, who has made a