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" As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world. "
World
Situation
Role
" Before doing 'Midnight's Children,' I didn't really have a chance to explore my Indian side. The Indian side of my heritage was always present, but it did not particularly define my identity. Being English was more an identity-defining status. I was born and brought up in London. Yes, my father is Parsi. "
Born
Identity
Father
" Flying from L.A. to India is an arduous undertaking. I regard myself more as a trans-Atlantic citizen than an Indian. "
India
Myself
Citizen
" For films, the process is that you work consistently and constantly for 3-4 months and then leave; whereas for a play, you prepare for about a month and then continue performing it for 5 to 6 months. "
You
Play
Work
" I don't know too much about Bollywood at all, but I've done quite a bit of dancing... and not much singing. "
Too Much
Dancing
Done
" I'm not a big sing-and-dance man. "
Big
Man
" I visit India at least once a year, though surrounding the making of 'Midnight's Children' I was there a lot more. "
More
Year
Midnight
" 'Midnight's Children' falls under the genre of post-colonial writing, and there is a range of writers like V.S. Naipaul and Salman who popularised it. 'Midnight's Children' was incredibly important in this canon. "
Children
Important
Writing
" The magical tapestry that 'Midnight's Children' unfolded became a part of a journey of self-discovery as I spent time close to my roots during the shooting. "
Roots
Children
Magical
" You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality in stage adaptations of Shakespeare and Brecht. I graduated from Yale. When I moved to the U.S., I realized with some amount of surprise that I was seen as an ethnic actor. "
Surprise
Stage
Escape
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