Archie Panjabi Quotes

I've always been quite psychic and believe there's a reason why things happen and that we need to learn from them.
Archie Panjabi

Happen, Why, Reason

I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want to pigeon myself, so I always like to surprise myself. I believe in versatility and so I would play anything as long as it was a challenge.
Archie Panjabi

Long, Play, Challenge

My mother told me not to listen to anyone. She had been told that she wouldn't be able to teach and she did.
Archie Panjabi

Mother, Able, She

At the end of the week, it's nice to just hang out in a pair of jeans and let my hair down. I need a break from all that fashion!
Archie Panjabi

Nice, End, Down

Coming to New York is like a big hug, everyone is so welcoming. There's something about here, everyone makes you feel so at home. I miss my family of course, but I don't miss London that much. I was worried, but I feel really at home. Everyone says that who comes here from London, but I didn't believe them.
Archie Panjabi

Family, Home, Big

I am one of the new characters in the brand new series of 'Postman Pat.' It has been a joy to do.
Archie Panjabi

Joy, Characters, Series

I am still married, yes - no children. I have Benzo, though; he's my dog, a Lhasa apso.
Archie Panjabi

Children, Married, Dog

I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'
Archie Panjabi

Famous, After, Taste

I feel like I have one foot in New York, one foot in London and one foot in India. But it's important to me to invest time with family.
Archie Panjabi

Family, Time, Important

I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American.
Archie Panjabi

Deep, Another, American

I have always let the lack of Indian actors in the industry drive me, not hold me back. I remember an agent in L.A. telling me a few years ago that an Indian actor wouldn't ever make it in Hollywood, but my ethnicity has helped me.
Archie Panjabi

Remember, Few, Actor

I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.
Archie Panjabi

Education, Age, Children

I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it.
Archie Panjabi

Life, Time, Wanted

I like to cook Indian food when I can. I find the process of creating a home-cooked meal to be unwinding.
Archie Panjabi

Food, Find, Process

I love roles where I have to transform myself.
Archie Panjabi

Love, Transform, Roles

I loved eating and I did put on weight. I never actually felt fat until I started going for castings, for auditions.
Archie Panjabi

Put, Until, Loved

I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm going to America.'
Archie Panjabi

School, Thinking, Remember

I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval.
Archie Panjabi

Fight, Friends, Community

I went out for a film where they wanted seven brothers and one sister, so I was there for half a day while they were waiting for 'Archie' to read for a boy... I've had drivers come to pick me up in England looking for a blond, blue-eyed Scottish boy.
Archie Panjabi

Waiting, Wanted, While

I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces.
Archie Panjabi

Career, Black, Acting

I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.'
Archie Panjabi

Love, Good, Learning

I'd love to say I made the smart decision of picking projects that became hits, but with 'The Good Wife,' I read the script and something inside me said, 'I love this, I want to do this.'
Archie Panjabi

Love, Good, Smart

It was the success of 'Bend it Like Beckham' which got my name out there. 'A Mighty Heart' also helped.
Archie Panjabi

Success, Heart, Name

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.
Archie Panjabi

Parents, Ambition, Against

My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.'
Archie Panjabi

Teacher, Mother, Father

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Nationality: British

Born: May 31, 1972

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