21 Quotes by Himesh Patel

I think that you've got to do things that you're not particularly comfortable with sometimes, and that's what you get the most respect for.

I keep a notebook of ideas, and sometimes ideas form in your head that you just have to write down, or you'll forget them.

What we had on was BBC Asian Network and Bollywood sound-tracks - they were my reference points. But of course, where I grew up, I was one of two Indian guys in my school, and I didn't really have anyone else to share that with.

When I was 14, I bought myself a cheap electric guitar and tried to teach myself.

'Blackbird' is a really beautiful song, and I actually recently started trying to learn it, and it's beautiful.

Sometimes on a soap, it can become about all this other stuff - the party circuit, reality shows - but I gravitated towards people who kept it all about the work.

I'm probably one of the few people who can say that I've played an empty Wembley Stadium.

When it comes to period stuff, I think it's great to see South-Asian actors get their foot in the door there, because it's nice to tell period stories and tell it in a way that reflects the world now.

My mom's favorite song ever is 'Imagine' because it came out around when she arrived in England.