I Love Roles Where I Have To

You Can Have All The Agents And Publicists In The World But No One's Ever Going To Give You 110 Per Cent Like Someone Who Loves You.

My Mother Told Me Not To Listen To Anyone. She Had Been Told That She Wouldn't Be Able To Teach And She Did.

I Knew From A Young Age That I Wanted To Be An Actor. I Never Even Thought About Other Careers. The Acting Field Is Certainly Not The Path Many Indian Parents Encourage Their Children To Take, But Mine Were Very Supportive. They Wanted Me To Have An Education, But Understood That This Is What I Wanted To Do.

I Went To Brunel University And Very Much Wanted To Go On To Do A Phd In Management, But Then My Acting Career Started To Take Off. In Those Days When You Switched On The Box There Were Hardly Any Brown Or Black Faces.

I Have Been Extremely Proactive In Putting Myself Up For Characters That May Have Been Meant To Specifically Be Caucasian. You Bring An Interesting Angle To The Character That Isn't Written.