Priyanka Chopra had to "kiss a lot of frogs" before she met Nick Jonas.
The 42-year-old actress has been married to Nick, 32, since 2018 and Priyanka admits that the pop star ticked "all the right boxes" for her.
She told Harper's Bazaar: "I wouldn’t have married [Nick] if he didn’t tick all the right boxes.
"You have to look for someone who respects you. Respect is different from love and affection … You’ve got to kiss a lot of frogs until you find your prince."
Nick had a string of high-profile romances with other famous women before he met Priyanka.
But the 'Love Again' star previously admitted that she didn't care about Nick's past because she was able to see a "future" with him.
Appearing on the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast, she told host Alex Cooper: "I don’t give a f*** who he’s dated.
"We are talking about the future ... I always say this - I don't read my book backward. I believe you go forward in the chapters."
Despite this, Priyanka was initially hesitant about dating Nick, having been unlucky-in-love for so many years.
The actress - who has a three-year-old daughter called Malti with Nick - said: "I didn't even date Nick at that time because I was just, like, 'I need to know why I keep repeating my mistakes.'
"And the repeating of the mistake was always feeling like I need to be the caretaker.
"Always feeling like it's okay to cancel my job or my work or my meeting or my priority to be to make sure that he's propped up...
"I just started feeling invisible in my relationships. [But] my husband makes me feel so seen. And so heard."
