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" People have this impression that once you move to America, that becomes your interest. But I never moved to Los Angeles; I stayed in New York because I do theatre, so my aim is not just Hollywood. "

Sarita Choudhury

New York

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Theatre

" I think I have a certain awkwardness, and I don't know how that works on screen. "

" I would do Bollywood, but I don't know if I could do that - the dance, the singing, the kind of flirting with your eyes, the outfits. "

" If you ever watch me at theatre rehearsals, you will know what a bad actress I am. I am bad... bad... bad... and then, by opening night, it all just falls into place. "

Sarita Choudhury

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Theatre

" It's like everyone says they love my body, but then I'm supposed to lose weight. "

" It was strange wearing the scarf and the hijab until I got used to it. "

" If a filmmaker is making a movie about a nice Midwestern family or a story that needs a very white character or a black or a Chinese, then I don't expect to go up for it. But I know, especially in places like New York, there's no excuse not to see various colors. "

" I can speak Hindi, but I can't sustain it over a whole movie. "

" I live in New York. I go to dance class; I do theatre. When things are sent to me, if I like them, I push to do them. And I would absolutely love to do anything that's part of my dad's homeland. "

" I don't think of the characters as nationalities. I do not live in India. Playing people from different backgrounds, including Indians, comes easily to me. "

" I am trained in theatre, and so I take time to study and get into the skin of a character. "

" My parents live in Kolkata, so I come every year. "

" My first time nude was with a woman director, so I thought it would be easy, but it wasn't. "

" I was very shy about acting. I thought you had to be confident. I was confident with my friends, but I would never think of acting in front of anyone else. "

" To do a movie with someone like Tom Hanks that when you tell your dad, your dad knows who Tom Hanks is - it feels like you're finally giving back to your parents. It's like you've actually done something that they can recognize, and there's something in me that makes them super proud. "

Sarita Choudhury

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" In England, entertainment by and for Indians is huge. "

" I wanted to move between film and theater - I never felt like I fit into TV. And I'm very anti-TV, like, 'I'm never going to do TV,' but also, TV didn't want me either, so it was kind of perfect. And then, of course, cable happened, and suddenly it was like, 'Oh, I could do that kind of stuff.' "

" In America, they often don't know where I am from. The important point is the audience should not be able see through it. It should be so natural that your close friends may even think that you are not a great actor. "

" People are always asking me if the industry is changing, and my answer is always that it is changing only as much as we are. Many South Asian actors complain about being pigeonholed into playing terrorists and cab drivers, but it's time that we stop talking about it. The industry will always say 'No' till we have enough to convince them. "

" I know I create major reactions in people. "

" I love Bollywood films, but I have been trained in independent cinema. "

" A few years ago, I got cast as a white boy in an off-Broadway play. So not only was it colour-blind, it was gender-blind as well. That would never happen in film. "

" I love theatre because of the audience. It feels risky. But I love film because it travels to the whole world. To an audience I don't see. "

" When you do TV, people will say to you right on the street how they're feeling, with no reservations. "

" See, all actors pretend. I enjoy that pretence. I don't wear heels in real life, but if it is for a character, I love to get into the traits of the person I am playing. "

" Theatre reminds me of Bollywood. "

Sarita Choudhury

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Theatre

" I loved my role in 'Learning to Drive.' It was so different. "

" I have always loved doing accents. I have lived with my parents in a number of countries, including Italy and Jamaica. "

" There is this film called 'La Femme Nikita.' I want to play something like that. This woman with a gun in her hand but with tears in her eyes. I would love to play that kind of vulnerability on screen. "

" No matter how much I read the news, I feel slightly ignorant all the time. "