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Sanjeev Bhaskar

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar funny

The worst moment in my life was when I was seven years old and I discovered that there was a thing such as racism. You don't know you're different until someone lets you know.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar life

Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar art

I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old car I'm hoping to replace when a big job comes in. I suppose when we do go on family holidays, I am quite happy to spend when we are there.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar family

Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing 'M*A*S*H'; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar life

Good diet and exercise are key, but abject fear has its own rewards. And arriving on the first day for rehearsals for 'Spamalot' and seeing all these much younger, much fitter people, who I was going to be on stage with, became a catalyst for cutting out the more unhealthy aspects of my life.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar life

My mum thought my TV and film addiction was laziness. If you're an immigrant, you know you'll never be an accepted part of society, but you hope your children will be, and you try to make them essential to the community in a practical way - being a doctor or a lawyer. Acting was beyond their comprehension.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar hope

I make terrible jokes every time I go into a hospital. I think it's a defence mechanism.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar time

I am officially a doctor, and believe it or not, I can save lives and tune certain instruments and can beat peasants with a stick.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar men

I might do a fitness video. Actually, more of a fatness video.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

It is better to give blood but receive cash than the other way around.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar blood

My head is in India, yet my body remains in Britain. I straddle the world like a colossus. Like a 5ft. 7in. colossus.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar world

With 'Mumbai Calling,' I was surprised it was ITV that went for it because it didn't traditionally seem like the kind of programme they would make.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar wit

Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up in was to work hard, save hard and to look after your family.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar family

During an early performance of 'Spamalot,' I left my regal gloves in the fridge to cool down and didn't remember them until I was on stage. They needed to be thawed overnight.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar love

I have issues with inheritance tax, particularly coming from a migrant family. My dad has worked incredibly hard all his life, so it seems odd to me that someone who has gone through that experience and has managed to save then gets taxed for dying.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar life

I think family, friends and a sense of community give you greater happiness than money. But, of course, one has to have a minimum on which to live. The joy I get from sitting around and having a laugh is immeasurable - much greater than anything that I have ever bought.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar happiness

I was far too embarrassed to share the experience of Indian food at school. As a kid, you're desperate to fit in, to assimilate in some way, and everything about me stood out.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar food

I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word, not just a set up and a pay-off. I liked the zaniness; they were satirical, slightly saucy and very literary in their references.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar funny

It always interested me that 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars,' when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy. It was only here that they were referred to as Asian comedy, even though I always felt it was very British in its humour and structure.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar humour

We lived above my father's launderette. Both my parents ran the launderette, but my father was also a factory supervisor, and my mum worked part-time in an accounts office.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar time

When we created 'Goodness Gracious Me,' it was quoting 'Python' and Woody Allen lines that really bonded the writers, and the 'Spamalot' material is so utterly, wonderfully surreal that it hasn't dated.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar writers

Good drama, challenging drama - and comedy for that matter - has a place in the daytime schedule.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar time

I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar love

I was the first member of my family to cross into Pakistan and find his ancestral village.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar family

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; hed served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar funny

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