If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.

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All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished. ― Anais Nin

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Instead of complaining about the problem and blaming others, start finding the solution. ― Roy T. Bennett

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To believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life. ― Czesław Miłosz

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Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had? ― Henry James

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He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love. ― Alan Hollinghurst

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All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. ― Tahereh Mafi

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I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

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Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasn't enough for me. Can you understand that? ― Sidney Sheldon

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Right now, I had everything I could ask for. It wasn't a long list, but it was a very satisfying one, starting with the love of my life back in my arms. ― Becca Fitzpatrick

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