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