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" When you have a good director, it's just wonderful. "

Sarita Choudhury

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" 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.' "

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" 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. "

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" I know I create major reactions in people. "

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" 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. "

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" My parents are really open-minded, but with their own daughter, it's not the same thing. "

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" Playing Frida was hard and wonderful. I found such a force in her, bigger than me. I tried to make it just a woman who had to do what she did. A woman who lived, ate, and laughed. I tried to avoid the 'icon' of Frida Khalo. "

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" Some people are very ambitious and plan their whole careers, but I am not that kind of a person. "

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" My early acting was ingenue stuff. "

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" I believe in doing a nude scene only when I trust the director. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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