Archie Panjabi Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I feel like I have one foot in New York, one foot in London and one foot in India. But it's important to me to invest time with family.”

“I love roles where I have to transform myself.”

“I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm going to America.'”

“I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval.”

“It was the success of 'Bend it Like Beckham' which got my name out there. 'A Mighty Heart' also helped.”

“You can have all the agents and publicists in the world but no one's ever going to give you 110 per cent like someone who loves you.”

“I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it.”

“I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.”

“I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces.”

“Since I was a baby my goal was to be on TV because film was just impossible - you never got any Asian women in Western cinema. I grew up wanting to be in 'East-Enders' because film wasn't even a dream. The community were very much like, 'How can you want to act? It's such a low-class profession.'”