Sanjeev Bhaskar Quotes - Page 2

• I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.

  Sanjeev Bhaskar

  Sports, Team, Giving

  "My body & soul". Interview with Laura Potter, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2009.

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• 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 here that they were referred to as Asian comedy, even though I always felt it was very British in its humour and structure.

  Sanjeev Bhaskar

  Asian, World, Comedy

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• 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, too. My teachers didn't like the fact that I was reading more quickly than they were teaching, and as a consequence, I would sometimes get bored in class.

  Sanjeev Bhaskar

  Mother, Teacher, Reading

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• 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 producers find it very difficult to extend their imaginations to employing anyone who's non white.

  Sanjeev Bhaskar

  Drama, White, Imagination

  "Is this it?". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2007.

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• 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.' At moments like that, I become very, very British. My accent gets more clipped, and I stride around as if I've got an empire.

  Sanjeev Bhaskar

  People, Feelings, Looks

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