Parminder Nagra Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.”

“I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.”

“I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.”

“It's been really nice to see different counties that I might never have visited before.”

“In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really.”

“My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.”

“No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time.”

“At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there.”

“But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.”

“But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in.”