“We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when ev...” — Martin Parr Quote

We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things.

I am not a huge follower of music and tend to like one CD and play it to death, usually when I am washing up.

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.

Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

One of the things I regret is that magazines now are so lifestyle-orientated that the opportunity to do bigger projects is gone. This is a serious misjudgment on the part of magazine editors.

A writer's life suits me. It's fairly, well, other people might think it was actually rather dull, but that's fine because I feel that my imagination is enough to kind of keep me happy.

I don't plan to write another science book, but I don't plan not to. I do enjoy writing histories, and taking subjects that are generally dull and trying to make them interesting.

When you are born and brought up in Udupi, you end up as a doctor or an engineer. Else you are thought to be a dull head. I had to complete my engineering and worked in the IT industry for a few years to get myself the financial support to pursue my dream of acting.

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.