Quotes by Parminder Nagra - Page 1

I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.
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British
Intern
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I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.
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America
Germany
Madrid
Malaysia
Switzerland
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There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Girl
Indian
League
Soccer
Apparently
Leagues
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It's been really nice to see different counties that I might never have visited before.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Different
Might
Nice
Counties
Visited
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If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Dream
Positive
Inspire
Moving
Pursue
Go
Dream It
Positive Way
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I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.
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Conventional
Profession
Identified
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Therefore reinforcing a stereotype, therefore thinking that the entire Indian culture is just made of people that are against their children's decisions.
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Indian
Indian Culture
Stereotype
Decisions
Therefore
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No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Bonus
New Skills
Skills
Time Football Me
Extent
Same Time
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But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
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Reluctant
Stereotype
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Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Cardio
Film
Pumps
Stamina
Stuff
Pump
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And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled.
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American Football
Ball Games
Baseball
Filled
Football
Niche
Soccer
Ball
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In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really.
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Girl
Athletics
England
Hockey
Soccer
Ball
Net
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In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Girl
Beckham
Believe
Bending
Football
London
Wave
Article
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Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that.
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Dear
Deep Down
Obstacles
Holds
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That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.
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Acting
Bonus
Next
Preparing
Research
Roles
Skills
Whatever
Next Thing
Role
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I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down.
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Giggle
Humour
Language
Laughing
People
Worried
Great Me People
Pleasantly
Settled
Surprised
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I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
British
Moving
Needs
Trying
Hoping
Intern
John
Just Kind
Step Forward
Tackle
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But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques; which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Running
Football
Games
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But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
British
Youth
Brazilian
Clifford
Coach
Incorporate
Runs
Simon
Teaches
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In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children.
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Character
Children
Frustration
Parent
Teenager
Suppose
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But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television as well because of the ad breaks. It's something to do with that as well. You can't show a complete soccer match here. Which I kind of find a bit of an odd thing.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Odd
Soccer
Television
Thinking
Ad
Breaks
Time Find Hard
Complete
Match
Odd Thing
Purely
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My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Daughter
British
Country
England
Frightened
Mother
Count
Crappy
Previous
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At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there.
Parminder Nagra / Film Actress
Cameras
Frustrating
Hard Times
New Skills
Skills
Ball
Camera
Contend
New Doing Always
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