British - Actor | November 13, 1952 -
When we did 'The Jewel In The Crown,' we filmed in India first so the actors had an idea of what the heat was like, what it did to you - it slows you down; it's weighty: the air that you breathe is full of humidity. You are aware of the fact that you're not in a studio in Manchester.
Art Malik
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I was lucky enough to be launched into the marketplace with the blessing of a series like 'Jewel.'
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If people ever stop making films about India, I'd never work again.
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I jumped at the chance of doing 'Holby.' It's a great show.
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There are certain things that I know I don't want to do anymore. Playing out-and-out terrorists who terrorise people and don't actually move the conversation on are not worth doing. So that's probably another reason I don't go back to America, because a lot of it is like that. It's boring, dull, very lazy writing.
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There was so much racism when I was a kid, but it was also ignorant.
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I have therapy. Every day. I read a bit of Freud; I try to be a better person. Every day.
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Acting's a job. I act to fill the fridge.
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When we were discussing 'Holby City, 'I told the producers that I wanted the Art Malik character to be honourable, and my other requirement was that he be a Muslim, because we need Muslims on TV.
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I'm not a practising Muslim.
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When will we get a female director-general of the BBC? Where is the colour when you go further up the food chain? It disappears.
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Not until somebody turns round and says, 'Art, how do you fancy playing Charles Dickens? How do you fancy playing Prince Charles in this biopic?' Until those movements come, then no, we haven't got past anything.
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