If I go anywhere where there are people who vaguely look like me, there is always that feeling of, 'Actually I do look quite similar to everyone else….

Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone el….

On a radio drama I'd like to feel that I had just as much chance of playing Mr Darcy as anyone else because I can sound like him, yet many radio prod….

My mum thought my TV and film addiction was laziness. If you're an immigrant, you know you'll never be an accepted part of society, but you hope your….

My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U.K., and she taught me to read early on - not only in English, but in Hindi, t….

I started working myself from about 14, really, so I wasn't a burden on my family. I did a paper round and a milk round. When I was 15 or 16, I worke….

I've always felt I had to prove myself, and now it has become second nature. When I first went to university, I took lodgings with a woman who said, ….

It always interested me that 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars,' when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy. It was only he….

It is better to give blood but receive cash than the other way around..

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture..

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing..

I have issues with inheritance tax, particularly coming from a migrant family. My dad has worked incredibly hard all his life, so it seems odd to me ….

I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old ca….

I think family, friends and a sense of community give you greater happiness than money. But, of course, one has to have a minimum on which to live. T….

I'm sure I went through a stage when I resented being Indian because in every other manner, in terms of cultural reference points and vocabulary and ….

I sense a kind of fear of writing black or Asian characters from non-ethnic writers, who perhaps feel that they don't know the culture and therefore ….

The worst moment in my life was when I was seven years old and I discovered that there was a thing such as racism. You don't know you're different un….

Theatre has always been better disposed to colourblind casting than telly or film. Given that most television is contemporary, and it reaches 56 mill….

I was far too embarrassed to share the experience of Indian food at school. As a kid, you're desperate to fit in, to assimilate in some way, and ever….

I went to a psychotherapist for a year and a bit, and it was fantastic. I went in with a very clear question: I couldn't work out why I behaved in a ….

During an early performance of 'Spamalot,' I left my regal gloves in the fridge to cool down and didn't remember them until I was on stage. They need….