“Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifti...” — Sanjeev Bhaskar Quote

“Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up in was to work hard, save hard and to look after your family.”

“I make terrible jokes every time I go into a hospital. I think it's a defence mechanism.”

“I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.”

“Yes, I mean, I can't match up to my mother's acting skills, actually both my parents. I just cannot match up to them. My mother was such a powerful and a respectable performer. They are actually overshadowing me and yes, I cannot be as good as them.”

“No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents.”

“Both my parents are working class and filled me with the things you need to get along; not giving up, working hard, putting in the graft to go out and get something. I've seen the way they interact with people and how they treat them. When you have people like that, you don't have to be told how to behave.”