“I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha...” — Cyrus Broacha Quote

“I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha, was a great admirer of the Persian emperor. Continuing the tradition, I have named my son after Mikhail Gorbachev, someone whom I admire. He gave his people freedom.”

“The first rule of comedy should be, you must be very lazy. Whoever works should be immediately removed.”

“Unless you are wealthy, you cannot afford to act or direct one play and remain unemployed the rest of the time.”

“The writers we tend to universally admire, like Beckett, or Kafka, or TS Eliot, are not very prolific.”

“Any person I idolise, or I really admire their work, I want to beat them... For me, going through my years, I made sure to idolise myself... So when you're in a race, you have to make sure that you think you are the favourite to win. You have to have that confidence.”

“The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.”