Playing Frida was hard and wonderful. I found such a force in her, bigger than me. I tried to make it just a woman who had to do what she did. A woman who lived, ate, and laughed. I tried to avoid the 'icon' of Frida Khalo.
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Unless you enjoy life passionately, you cannot be a good artiste. Practise what you like, be it sports or dancing.
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Anything, really - I'm as comfortable playing an Indian as playing a black woman or a South American.
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The first time I put on the hijab, it felt weird, like I was wearing a scuba-diving suit kind of thing.
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I go about doing my work passionately.
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A few years ago, I got cast as a white boy in an off-Broadway play. So not only was it colour-blind, it was gender-blind as well. That would never happen in film.
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I have always loved doing accents. I have lived with my parents in a number of countries, including Italy and Jamaica.
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I loved my role in 'Learning to Drive.' It was so different.
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I love theatre because of the audience. It feels risky. But I love film because it travels to the whole world. To an audience I don't see.
