In the beginning [of my career] I definitely felt a responsibility because I was representing a bunch of people [Sri lankans] who never got represented before. I felt this responsibility to correct that situation, to be like, "Look, you can't discriminate against refugees and Muslim people and blah, blah, blah . . ."

I find the new Justin Bieber video more violent and more of an assault to my eyes and senses than what I've made.

Across the world, on your phone, everybody gets the same list of things to read, listen to, and watch.

I am the bridge between the East and the West. I don't want to abandon one for the other.

When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name.

If you narrow the playing field, the next generation has less to put out, to eat and regenerate from.

With homogenized culture, even if you feel frustrated, you'd have to write a Taylor Swift song to get heard.