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" When we did 'The Jewel In The Crown,' we filmed in India first so the actors had an idea of what the heat was like, what it did to you - it slows you down; it's weighty: the air that you breathe is full of humidity. You are aware of the fact that you're not in a studio in Manchester. "

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Art Malik

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Anything

Playing

" When will we get a female director-general of the BBC? Where is the colour when you go further up the food chain? It disappears. "

Art Malik

Will

Colour

" Having portrayed English-speaking Indian characters in British and American projects, I have always wanted to use my mother tongue in an Indian film. "

" I jumped at the chance of doing 'Holby.' It's a great show. "

" The easiest bit is when you're talking. It's listening that is so difficult. If you get out any Spencer Tracy film, you think, 'Wow, he's doing nothing, yet he's doing everything.' "

" There are certain things that I know I don't want to do anymore. Playing out-and-out terrorists who terrorise people and don't actually move the conversation on are not worth doing. So that's probably another reason I don't go back to America, because a lot of it is like that. It's boring, dull, very lazy writing. "

" Stick a camera up in an Indian village, and thousands of people come to watch. "

Art Malik

Come

Village

" You can watch TV and see experts of all different colours and hues. But the minute you get past nine o'clock and you're in primetime drama land, it's like entering another world, one that doesn't reflect the diversity of the society that we have in Britain in 2016. "

" There was so much racism when I was a kid, but it was also ignorant. "

" I'm a grandfather now, and when I watch children's shows with my two-year-old grandson, Arlo, I'm delighted because it's completely non-traditional casting. It feels like a utopia. How the world should be. "

" Most families are dysfunctional. "

" I decided to go and find India on my own. So, I hired a cab for a drive round old Delhi. I was knocked off center by the sheer energy that goes into daily survival. "

Art Malik

Find

Survival

" I would like to go to Iceland to see the northern lights. "

Art Malik

See

Iceland

" I love listening to music on holiday, and back in the old days, I used to travel with cassette tapes and a boombox. "

" When we were discussing 'Holby City, 'I told the producers that I wanted the Art Malik character to be honourable, and my other requirement was that he be a Muslim, because we need Muslims on TV. "

" I have therapy. Every day. I read a bit of Freud; I try to be a better person. Every day. "

" I'm not a practising Muslim. "

Art Malik

Muslim

Practising

" I questioned the blind faith demanded by my religion, which was Islam. "

" I've had a fantastic career playing great parts. In many ways, the colour of my skin has been an asset because I've been asked to play certain roles as a result. I don't apologise for playing them anymore than Robert de Niro is sorry for playing American-Italians. "

" Am I overjoyed when somebody says, 'Oh, we're going to do another Jane Austen?' No - because there's never anything in it for me. "

Art Malik

Going

Because

" Acting's a job. I act to fill the fridge. "

" I was lucky enough to be launched into the marketplace with the blessing of a series like 'Jewel.' "

" If people ever stop making films about India, I'd never work again. "

" I have no idea whether I'm any good or not. Still waiting, like most actors, for somebody to find out one day that I can't do it. "