Dev Patel

Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum? ”

The thing is, I am a loving person. I am super sappy when it comes to romance. But I'm not the Antonio Banderas, swashbuckling, Pierce Brosnan, smooth-talking type. ”

Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing. ”

But I'm tone deaf - window-shattering tone deaf. I can't sing for the life of me. I can't sing or dance, so no remake of 'Grease' for me! ”

The dark side is when you are with family and friends, and you have paparazzi screaming at you - that's been hard to deal with. ”

Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage. ”