Dropping Anchor

Eastern EyeAugust 29, 2009

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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.'

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Dropping Anchor

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