Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, 'Hey, come see my play,' he'd say, 'Sure.' He'd see one, 'Oh, good play' - you know, very typical dad reaction.

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.

I love learning language and ideas that I didn't know before and making them sound like my own.

In the future, things will truncate! No, in the age of Twitter, we can't be upset when words become shorter.

I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.

I write what I call precinct drama, and I tend to write things set in the workplace. Having an institution which gives a workplace its distinctive identity is really important to creating something which feels different.

I want to be Gwyneth Paltrow when I grow up! She's been able to have such a great career, such a great family and she stays so humble and so real.

I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.