Quotes from Naveen Andrews

It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.

Any human being is this wonderful conglomeration of experiences and behaviors, if you like - some of them healthy, some of them not so healthy.

I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.

I can only perceive the royal family as an entity historically. I think I know more about the royal family from the Plantagenets in the 14th Century than the modern family.

You can do things with TV that you just can't do on film. There's so much more time: there's the opportunity for development, and you can let things lay dormant for a period. You can't really do that in two hours or three hours in a movie that often, I would say.

It's always been very important to me to try to do projects which are breaking new ground.

Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.

I can't change a light bulb.

I saw the pilot, you know, because you have to have some knowledge of the piece that you are in, but I never saw an episode of 'Lost.'

The great lesson I got from my parents is how not to treat your children. To break that chain, even if I don't do anything else, at least I've done that.

I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.

Men are the weaker sex and retain their immaturity, it seems, to the grave. It's like a built-in design fault. You can't do anything about it.

I have absolutely no interest in the tabloids or reporting of the royal family.

The older I get, the more I'm prepared to do things for the money.

If a character's suddenly spouting information that's supposed to bring you up to date, it can seem artificial or contrived.

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

They were both academics, but my dad had to get a job on the railway, and my mum had to get a job in the Post Office. It was pretty hard in terms of the racism they had to endure.

I still have a great friendship with my eldest son's mum. She's my mate. We have this wonderful son who's 6 ft. 3, gorgeous, and I'm his dad. I've not been a total failure.

Let's just say I was really bad. Now I have grown into myself. I have changed.

In England, the class system is about a thousand years old, and it's not going to change any time soon.

A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.

Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.