44 Quotes by Art Malik

I was doing 'Homeland' and read the first two episodes, and all I wanted was episode three to know what would happen next.

My work is really simple. They say 'action,' I do my stuff; they say, 'cut!'

My own mother is very accomplished and makes things like bahar breads as though they are going out of fashion - they are like stuffed parathas and can contain anything from potatoes to poppy seeds.

I do sometimes cook myself, and I do enjoy it, though it does depend what's in the fridge, and filming can mean I don't have much time.

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

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.

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

Not until somebody turns round and says, 'Art, how do you fancy playing Charles Dickens? How do you fancy playing Prince Charles in this biopic?' Until those movements come, then no, we haven't got past anything.

I'm not a practising Muslim.