41 Quotes by Sanjeev Bhaskar

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.

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.

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.

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.

'The Kumars'... played on five continents, and even when I came up with the idea, I was slightly surprised that no one else had.

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.

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

One of the benefits for me of starting late in this business is I realised that if acting was the only thing I could do, I would struggle, so I always wrote as well.

My father came to England from India in 1957, and my mum came in 1960.