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Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar, OBE (born 31 October 1963) is a British comedian, actor and broadcaster, best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and star of the sitcom The Kumars at No. 42. He also presented and starred in a documentary series called India with Sanjeev Bhaskar in which he travelled to India and visited his ancestral home in today's Pakistan. Bhaskar's more dramatic acting roles include the lead role of Dr. Prem Sharma in The Indian Doctor and a main role as DI Sunny Khan in Unforgotten. Bashkar is currently the Chancellor of the University of Sussex.

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I started working myself from about 14, really, so I wasn't a burden on my family. I did a paper round and a milk round. When I was 15 or 16, I worked in a supermarket on Saturdays stacking shelves, and then every summer I temped, right through university until my working days started.

Burden, Days, Milk, Paper, Summer, Supermarket

I think family, friends and a sense of community give you greater happiness than money. But, of course, one has to have a minimum on which to live. The joy I get from sitting around and having a laugh is immeasurable - much greater than anything that I have ever bought.

Bought, Giving, Laughing, Live, Sense, Thinking

I sense a kind of fear of writing black or Asian characters from non-ethnic writers, who perhaps feel that they don't know the culture and therefore can't write about it. By and large, if there's an Asian character, I might get a call. But if the character is called 'Philip,' the chances are I won't.

Black, Character, Perhaps, Philip, Writing

I am officially a doctor, and believe it or not, I can save lives and tune certain instruments and can beat peasants with a stick.

Believe, Certain, Doctors, Save, Stick, Tunes

During an early performance of 'Spamalot,' I left my regal gloves in the fridge to cool down and didn't remember them until I was on stage. They needed to be thawed overnight.

Cool, Down And, Gloves, Remember, Thawed

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

Actually, Fatness, Fitness, Might, Video

I have issues with inheritance tax, particularly coming from a migrant family. My dad has worked incredibly hard all his life, so it seems odd to me that someone who has gone through that experience and has managed to save then gets taxed for dying.

Dad, Dying, Family, Issues, Life

Good diet and exercise are key, but abject fear has its own rewards. And arriving on the first day for rehearsals for Spamalot and seeing all these much younger, much fitter people, who I was going to be on stage with, became a catalyst for cutting out the more unhealthy aspects of my life.

Arriving, Cutting, Exercise, Good, Keys, Seeing

My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U. K. , and she taught me to read early on - not only in English, but in Hindi, too. My teachers didn't like the fact that I was reading more quickly than they were teaching, and as a consequence, I would sometimes get bored in class.

Class, Early, Mother, Read, Teacher, Teaching

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

Continents, Five, Ideas, Played, Surprised

I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.

Aching, Give, Giving, Love, Sports, Team

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

Actors, India, Served, Timing

I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old car I'm hoping to replace when a big job comes in. I suppose when we do go on family holidays, I am quite happy to spend when we are there.

Believe, Day, Expensive, Jobs, Mean, Replace

I'm sure I went through a stage when I resented being Indian because in every other manner, in terms of cultural reference points and vocabulary and all the rest of it, I was way ahead of everybody else - so the one thing that set me back was being Indian. And I couldn't do anything about it.

Ahead, Rest, Stage, Terms, Vocabulary, Way

Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U. K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up in was to work hard, save hard and to look after your family.

Grew, Hard Work, Look, Migrants, Parent, Workers

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.

Beef, Culture, Generally, Occasions, Parent

The worst moment in my life was when I was seven years old and I discovered that there was a thing such as racism. You don't know you're different until someone lets you know.

Racism, Seven, Thing, Worst, Worst Moments, Years

On 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.

Chance, Drama, Imagination, Playing, White

Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing M*A*S*H; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling.

Home, Kids, Met, Producing, Set, Writing

Theatre has always been better disposed to colourblind casting than telly or film. Given that most television is contemporary, and it reaches 56 million people, I am disappointed there still isn't more representation.

Casting, Disposed, People, Television, Telly, Theatre

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