I might do a fitness video. Actually, more of a fatness video.

Good drama, challenging drama - and comedy for that matter - has a place in the daytime schedule.

The Kumars... played on five continents, and even when I came up with the idea I was slightly surprised that no one else had.

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.

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 else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out.

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 children will be, and you try to make them essential to the community in a practical way - being a doctor or a lawyer. Acting was beyond their comprehension.

I make terrible jokes every time I go into a hospital. I think it's a defence mechanism.