Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.

If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.