British - Comedian | October 31, 1963 -
Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.
Sanjeev Bhaskar
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My head is in India, yet my body remains in Britain. I straddle the world like a colossus. Like a 5ft. 7in. colossus.
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I was the first member of my family to cross into Pakistan and find his ancestral village.
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'The Kumars'... played on five continents, and even when I came up with the idea, I was slightly surprised that no one else had.
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On a radio drama, I'd like to feel that I had just as much chance of playing Mr. Darcy as anyone else because I can sound like him, yet many radio producers find it very difficult to extend their imaginations to employing anyone who's non-white.
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My father came to England from India in 1957, and my mum came in 1960.
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We lived above my father's launderette. Both my parents ran the launderette, but my father was also a factory supervisor, and my mum worked part-time in an accounts office.
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My mother says I was two and a half when I first mentioned I wanted to be an actor. My father said, 'The word is pronounced 'Doctor!'
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I am officially a doctor, and believe it or not, I can save lives and tune certain instruments and can beat peasants with a stick.
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I might do a fitness video. Actually, more of a fatness video.
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Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing 'M*A*S*H'; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling.
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I make terrible jokes every time I go into a hospital. I think it's a defence mechanism.
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