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"When I was really young, I read this interview with Amitabh Bachchan. He said, 'I knocked on 100 doors before someone let me into the film industry.' I have been very lucky so far. But if there is something I want to do that hasn't worked out, I think, 'have I knocked on 100 doors yet?' No, I haven't."
"People in Asian media have told me they think I'm c**p. They have said, 'she's not that great, her voice is too high pitched'. I've been called fat and I've been called too skinny.If that wasn't enough, [Tasmin Lucia Khan] found herself having to work even harder to stop people from judging her on her looks. "I have had to work harder to prove I'm not a bimbo. People were like, 'she only got that job because she is pretty' or 'you have got blonde highlights in your hair, so you must be a bit of a blonde.'See the full content of this document
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ROLE models are admired for many different reasons - their extravagant lives, their movie star looks or simply being rich and famous can sometimes be enough for us to look up to them.
Then there are those who win admiration by breaking new ground with a combination of talent and hard work, and inspiri...See the full content of this document
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